Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-061

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 4:56 PM–4:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation029-061 on Tape 29StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:56 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 029-061 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation with First Lady Pat Nixon. The entirety of the recorded segment is classified as a personal returnable item, indicating the discussion centered on private family or domestic matters rather than official policy. No administrative or governmental action items were addressed during this call.

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NARA Description

On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 29-61

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: 4:56 pm - 4:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 363-18]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 27s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 029-060 4:54 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 363-017 4:54 PM · 8 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 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 363-018 4:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 029-062 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 029-063 4:59 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-019 4:59 PM · 8 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-020 4:59 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-021 4:59 PM · 6 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 029-061, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-061 (accessed October 1, 2026).