Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-035
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communications
Tuesday, April 13, 1971 · 6:00 PM–6:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief personal exchange regarding the President's upcoming schedule. The conversation focused on the President's current location and arrangements concerning their daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. No significant policy decisions were made during this short administrative and personal check-in.
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NARA Description
On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 42-35
Date: April 13, 1971
Time: 6:00 pm - 6:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 07/25/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[042-035-w001]
[Duration: 34s]
Greetings
President’s schedule
-Location
-Tricia Nixon Cox
[See Conversation no. 247-6]
*****************************************************************Also recorded on April 13, 1971
- 042-032 4:25 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 042-033 4:40 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. George A. Lincoln, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:47 pm.
- 042-034 6:00 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:01 pm.
- 247-005 6:00 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:00 pm.
- 247-006 6:00 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:00 pm to 6:01 pm.
- 247-007 6:01 PM · 12 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 6:01 pm and 6:04 pm.
- 247-008 6:01 PM · 7 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 6:01 pm and 6:04 pm.
- 247-009 6:04 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:04 pm to 6:45 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 042-035, April 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-035 (accessed October 1, 2026).