Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-145
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 9:59 AM–10:00 AM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as an administrative request to connect the President with his wife. No substantive policy matters or further developments were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-145 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-145
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:59 am and 10:00 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 725-18]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
- 024-142 9:50 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:56 am.
- 024-143 9:56 AM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:56 am to 9:57 am.
- 024-144 9:57 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:57 am to 9:59 am.
- 725-017 9:57 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:57 am and 9:59 am.
- 725-018 9:59 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:00 am.
- 024-146 10:00 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 10:00 am to 10:05 am.
- 725-019 10:00 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Walter R. Tkach met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:05 am.
- 725-020 10:05 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:11 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-145, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-145 (accessed October 9, 2026).