Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 31 › Conversation 031-105

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady

Tuesday, October 17, 1972 · 6:24 PM–6:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation031-105 on Tape 31StartTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 6:24 PMEndTuesday, October 17, 1972 at 6:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 031-105 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon. The call served as an administrative directive to establish communication with his wife. No further substantive policy matters or political developments were addressed during this short exchange.

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Mrs. Nixon, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-105 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 31-105

Date: October 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 802-2]

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

Also recorded on October 17, 1972

  • 802-002 6:24 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 802-003 6:24 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 802-004 6:24 PM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 802-005 6:24 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 031-106 6:26 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:26 pm to 6:27 pm.
  • 031-107 6:27 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:27 pm and 6:28 pm.
  • 031-108 6:28 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Pegge (Jendro) Begich talked on the telephone from 6:28 pm to 6:29 pm.
  • 802-006 6:28 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Pegge (Jendro) Begich met in the Oval Office of the White House from 6:28 pm to 6:29 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 031-105, October 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-105 (accessed October 12, 2026).