Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 32 › Conversation 032-096
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication
Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 1:13 PM–1:14 PM ET · White House Telephone ·15 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief personal telephone exchange. The conversation consisted entirely of private matters, as noted by the withdrawal of the recording segment from the public record. No official business or policy decisions were documented during this short interaction.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
On October 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 32-96 Date: October 31, 1972 Time: 1:13 pm - 1:14 pm Location: White House Telephone The President with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 378-11] ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 51s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
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.
- 032-095 1:05 PM · 7 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.
- 378-011 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.
- 378-012 1:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
- 378-013 1:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 2:38 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 032-096, 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/032-096 (accessed September 18, 2026).