Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-039

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Monday, October 2, 1972 · 11:39 AM–11:43 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-039 on Tape 30StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 11:39 AMEndMonday, October 2, 1972 at 11:43 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as an administrative request to place a personal call. No further substantive policy or political discussions occurred during this exchange.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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Mrs. Nixon, please.
Surely.

NARA Description

On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-39

Date: October 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:43 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 790-9]

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

Also recorded on October 2, 1972

  • 790-019 11:19 AM · 14 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:19 am and 11:20 am.
  • 790-008 11:20 AM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:20 am to 11:39 am.
  • 790-009 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 790-010 11:39 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 790-011 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 030-040 11:43 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 790-012 11:43 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 790-013 11:44 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:44 am to 12:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-039, October 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-039 (accessed October 10, 2026).