Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 32 › Conversation 032-151

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Thursday, November 2, 1972 · 5:09 PM–5:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation032-151 on Tape 32StartThursday, November 2, 1972 at 5:09 PMEndThursday, November 2, 1972 at 5:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 032-151 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to facilitate private communication between the President and his wife. No policy matters or significant political developments were addressed during this connection.

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NARA Description

On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:09 pm and 5:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-151 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 032-151

Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:09 pm and 5:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 390-12A]

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

Also recorded on November 2, 1972

  • 390-012 5:12 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:12 pm to 5:30 pm.
  • 032-152 5:29 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:31 pm.
  • 390-013 5:31 PM · 9 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 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm.
  • 032-153 5:35 PM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:35 pm and 6:38 pm.
  • 390-014 5:35 PM · 1 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, unknown person(s), and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 6:38 pm.
  • 032-154 6:00 PM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:04 pm.
  • 390-015 6:38 PM · 18 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.
  • 390-016 6:38 PM · 14 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 6:38 pm and 6:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 032-151, November 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-151 (accessed October 11, 2026).