Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-022
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Internal logistics
Thursday, December 28, 1972 · 10:23 AM–11:08 AM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with First Lady Pat Nixon. The call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate a private conversation between the President and his wife. No substantive policy matters or further actions are recorded during this brief operator interaction.
- Pat Nixon
- White House communications
- Internal logistics
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NARA Description
On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:23 am and 11:08 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 35-22
Date: December 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:23 am and 11:08 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 380-2]
Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) NixonAlso recorded on December 28, 1972
- 380-001 9:35 AM · 1 hr 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:35 am to 10:23 am.
- 380-002 10:23 AM · 14 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 10:23 am and 11:08 am.
- 035-023 11:08 AM · 21 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:08 am.
- 380-003 11:08 AM · 20 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:08 am.
- 380-004 11:08 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:56 am.
- 380-005 11:08 AM · 4 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 11:08 am and 11:56 am.
- 380-006 11:08 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:56 am.
- 035-024 11:56 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:56 am to 11:57 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 035-022, December 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-022 (accessed October 11, 2026).