President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. This brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with his wife. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were addressed during the communication.
On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-079 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 24-79 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: 3:39 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 723-17] Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.