Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-023

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady

Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 10:57 AM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-023 on Tape 25 (tape position 01:10:34–01:10:46)StartSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 10:57 AMEndSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 10:57 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-023 ↗

President Nixon contacts the White House operator to determine the current location of First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction serves as a routine inquiry to locate his wife. No significant political matters or policy decisions are addressed during the call.

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On June 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:57 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-023 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-23

Date: June 10, 1972
Time: 10:57 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 341-11]

     Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's location
  • 025-021 10:52 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. talked on the telephone from 10:52 am to 10:53 am.
  • 341-009 10:52 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Raymond K. Price, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:52 am.
  • 341-010 10:53 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 10:57 am.
  • 025-022 10:57 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:57 am.
  • 341-011 10:57 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:57 am.
  • 341-012 11:20 AM · 47 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:20 am to 12:15 pm.
  • 025-024 11:23 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:23 am to 11:27 am.
  • 729-001 12:15 PM · 11 sec — Alexander P. Butterfield and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:45 pm.

Conversation 025-023, June 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-023 (accessed September 30, 2026).