Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-123

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on First Lady

Wednesday, November 1, 1972 · 4:32 PM–5:47 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-123 on Tape 32StartWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 4:32 PMEndWednesday, November 1, 1972 at 5:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-123 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. This brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this connection.

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Mrs. Nexon, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:32 pm and 5:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-123 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-123

Date: November 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:32 pm and 5:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

Also recorded on November 1, 1972

  • 811-002 3:04 PM · 23 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:08 pm.
  • 811-004 4:07 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 391-008 4:12 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:12 pm to 4:23 pm.
  • 032-121 4:23 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:23 pm.
  • 391-009 4:25 PM · 49 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Raymond K. Price, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:25 pm to 5:15 pm.
  • 032-122 4:32 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:32 pm.
  • 391-010 5:12 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:12 pm to 5:55 pm.
  • 032-124 5:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:47 pm to 5:48 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-123, November 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-123 (accessed October 5, 2026).