Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 23 › Conversation 023-047

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller

Thursday, April 20, 1972 · 11:46 AM–11:48 AM ET · White House Telephone ·8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation023-047 onTape 23StartThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:46 AMEndThursday, April 20, 1972 at 11:48 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-047 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to First Lady Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon. The interaction served as a brief administrative request to connect the President with his wife. No substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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Mrs. Nixon please.
Thank you Mr. President.

NARA Description

On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-47

Date: April 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:46 and 11:48 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 714-10A]

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

Also recorded on April 20, 1972

  • 099-005 11:39 AM — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Egil ("Bud") Krogh, and the Domestic Council met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 099-006 11:39 AM · 24 min — Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Egil ("Bud") Krogh, Jr., and the Domestic Council met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 3:07 pm.
  • 714-007 11:43 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford D. Carlson, Carol A. Carson, Max L. Friedersdorf, Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:43 am to 11:46 am.
  • 714-008 11:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:46 am.
  • 714-009 11:46 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:48 am.
  • 714-010 11:46 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:48 am.
  • 023-048 11:48 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 11:48 am to 11:52 am.
  • 714-011 11:48 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:48 am to 12:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-047, April 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-047 (accessed September 18, 2026).