Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 260 › Conversation 260-012
Nixon alone in his EOB office on Personal correspondence and Financial matters
Friday, July 2, 1971 · 4:27 PM–4:29 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the President's office to discuss personal administrative matters, specifically involving a check and a missing link or document. The conversation, which largely features unintelligible or non-English dialogue, centers on the couple attempting to clarify a personal financial or logistical task. No substantive policy decisions or political actions resulted from this brief interaction.
- Pat Nixon
- Personal correspondence
- Financial matters
- White House administration
Audio
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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 01:00:29 into the tape and ends around 01:16:46.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On July 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:27 pm to 4:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 260-12 Date: July 2, 1971 Time: 4:27 pm - 4:29 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 6-97]
Also recorded on July 2, 1971
- 006-095 4:23 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:23 pm to 4:25 pm.
- 260-009 4:23 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:23 pm.
- 260-011 4:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:27 pm.
- 006-096 4:26 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:26 pm.
- 006-097 4:27 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:27 pm to 4:29 pm.
- 006-098 4:29 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 5:24 pm.
- 260-013 4:29 PM · 39 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 5:24 pm.
- 260-014 4:29 PM · 53 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:29 pm and 5:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 260-012, July 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/260-012 (accessed October 5, 2026).