Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-012

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communication

Tuesday, June 6, 1972 · 12:23 PM–12:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-012 on Tape 25 (tape position 00:49:57–00:50:01)StartTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 12:23 PMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 12:36 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-012 ↗

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 bridge to connect the President with his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this request.

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NARA Description

On June 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-12

Date: June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:23 pm and 12:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Also recorded on June 6, 1972

  • 025-014 12:17 PM · 14 min — unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 1:42 pm.
  • 340-019 12:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 12:26 pm.
  • 025-013 12:26 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
  • 340-020 12:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:26 pm to 12:27 pm.
  • 340-021 12:27 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:47 pm.
  • 340-022 12:27 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:41 pm.
  • 340-023 12:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:41 pm.
  • 340-024 12:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:41 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-012, June 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).