Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 30 › Conversation 030-044

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House switchboard

Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 12:50 PM–12:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation030-044 on Tape 30StartTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 12:50 PMEndTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 030-044 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a formal initiation of a private communication between the President and his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were addressed during this exchange.

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Mrs. Nixon, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-044 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 30-44

Date: October 3, 1972

Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 355-3]

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

Also recorded on October 3, 1972

  • 355-001 12:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 355-002 12:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 355-003 12:50 PM · 9 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 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 791-008 12:50 PM · 24 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 3:25 pm.
  • 030-045 12:59 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 355-004 12:59 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
  • 030-046 1:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.
  • 355-005 1:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 030-044, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-044 (accessed October 1, 2026).