Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 33 › Conversation 033-102
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on personal communication
Saturday, November 18, 1972 · 5:21 PM–5:22 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon received a brief telephone call from a White House operator to facilitate a personal connection. The operator informed the President that Patricia Nixon was attempting to reach him. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this brief exchange.
- Patricia Nixon
- White House operations
- personal communication
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NARA Description
On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:21 pm to 5:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-102 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 33-102
Date: November 18, 1972
Time: 5:21 pm - 5:22 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House Operator.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
Conversation No. 33-114 (cont’d)
[Previous Deed of Gift Privacy (D) rereviewed on 08/09/2019. Segment cleared for release.]
[Deed of Gift–Privacy]
[033-102-w001]
[Duration: 21s]
Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Arrival
-Dinner
*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 18, 1972
- 033-094 12:21 PM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 12:21 pm to 12:22 pm.
- 033-095 12:22 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:22 pm and 12:25 pm.
- 033-096 12:25 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:25 pm.
- 033-097 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:29 pm.
- 033-098 12:32 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 12:32 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 033-099 12:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:49 pm.
- 033-100 12:49 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:49 pm and 12:53 pm.
- 033-101 12:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:53 pm to 12:54 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 033-102, November 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-102 (accessed October 12, 2026).