Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-082

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communication

Monday, May 15, 1972 · 5:06 PM–5:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-082 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:29:22–01:29:30)StartMonday, May 15, 1972 at 5:06 PMEndMonday, May 15, 1972 at 5:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-082 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a logistical request to establish a line with her. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this exchange.

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This is Nixon, please.

NARA Description

On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-082 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-82

Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 5:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 724-6A]

     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on May 15, 1972

  • 724-005 4:54 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:54 pm to 5:05 pm.
  • 724-006 5:06 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:06 pm to 5:14 pm.
  • 724-010 5:06 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:06 pm.
  • 024-083 5:10 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:10 pm to 5:13 pm.
  • 724-007 5:14 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm.
  • 024-084 5:16 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:16 pm and 5:21 pm.
  • 724-008 5:16 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John B. Connally, Ronald L. Ziegler, Cornelia Wallace, Edward M. Kennedy, Eugene T. Rossides, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:16 pm to 6:06 pm.
  • 024-085 5:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-082, May 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-082 (accessed October 9, 2026).