Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 32 › Conversation 032-095

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Telephone logs

Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 1:05 PM–1:13 PM ET · White House Telephone ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation032-095 onTape 32StartTuesday, October 31, 1972 at 1:05 PMEndTuesday, October 31, 1972 at 1:13 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-095 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President to his wife. No substantive political or policy discussions took place during this brief communication exchange.

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Nixon, please.

NARA Description

On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-095

Date: October 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 378-16]

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

Also recorded on October 31, 1972

  • 032-094 1:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-008 1:05 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-009 1:05 PM · 7 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-010 1:05 PM · 11 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 378-016 1:05 PM · 10 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
  • 032-096 1:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 378-011 1:13 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 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm.
  • 032-097 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:14 pm to 1:15 pm.

All 45 conversations from October 31, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-095, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-095 (accessed September 18, 2026).