Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 256 › Conversation 256-033
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Presidential personal life
Sunday, June 13, 1971 · 12:53 PM–12:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met briefly with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Executive Office Building to discuss personal reflections. The conversation, which appears to contain recurring, unintelligible, or non-English speech patterns, did not yield any recorded policy decisions or administrative actions. The exchange remains historically obscure due to the lack of coherent substantive dialogue regarding White House operations.
- Pat Nixon
- Presidential personal life
- Executive Office Building
- White House tapes
Audio
This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 01:26:42 into the tape and ends around 01:28:16.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:53 pm to 12:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 256-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 256-33 Date: June 13, 1971 Time: 12:53 pm - 12:56 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (Ryan) (“Pat”) Nixon [See Conversation No. 5-54]
Also recorded on June 13, 1971
- 005-052 12:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:42 pm to 12:43 pm.
- 005-053 12:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:53 pm.
- 005-054 12:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:53 pm to 12:56 pm.
- 005-055 12:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 005-056 12:53 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 005-057 12:53 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:53 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 256-034 12:56 PM · 53 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 12:56 pm and 1:28 pm.
- 256-035 12:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 256-033, June 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/256-033 (accessed October 12, 2026).