President Richard Nixon met with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David for a private discussion. Although the specific content of the conversation was withdrawn from the public record due to its personal nature, the meeting represents a documented exchange between the President and the First Lady during a working weekend. No substantive policy developments were recorded as part of this interaction.
President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 10:18 am on July 29, 1972 and 10:25 am on July 30, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 198-8
Date: Unknown between July 29 and 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:18 am, July 29 and 10:25 am, July 30, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
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Mrs. Nixon left at an unknown time before 10:25 am, July 30, 1972.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.