Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 24 › Conversation 024-150

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Personal communication

Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 11:54 AM–11:55 AM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation024-150 onTape 24 (tape position 03:36:35–03:37:34)StartTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:54 AMEndTuesday, May 16, 1972 at 11:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-150 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon engaged in a brief telephone conversation. The exchange consisted of personal matters, as indicated by the withdrawal of the segment due to its private nature. No official policy decisions or political developments were addressed during this call.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:54 am to 11:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-150 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-150

Date: May 16, 1972
Time: 11:54 am - 11:55 am

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See also Conversation No. 725-30B]

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 59s ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on May 16, 1972

  • 101-009 11:03 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Cabinet officers and staffers, including John N. Irwin, II, John B. Connally, [David] Kenneth Rush, Richard G. Kleindienst, Rogers C. B. Morton, Earl L. Butz, Peter G. Peterson, James D. Hodgson, Elliot L. Richardson, George W. Romney, John A. Volpe, George P. Shultz, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, Henry A. Kissinger, Peter M. Flanigan, Clark MacGregor, Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., John A. Scali, Herbert G. Klein, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, Frederic V. Malek, Robert J. Brown, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, Ezra Solomon, and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:59 pm.
  • 725-039 11:03 AM · 14 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:03 am and 11:30 am.
  • 725-027 11:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:30 am.
  • 725-028 11:31 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 11:35 am.
  • 024-149 11:49 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:54 am.
  • 725-029 11:49 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:49 am to 11:56 am.
  • 725-030 11:49 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 11:57 am.
  • 725-031 11:55 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-150, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-150 (accessed September 18, 2026).