Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 287 › Conversation 287-024

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Personal correspondence

Monday, October 11, 1971 · 5:50 PM–5:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 53 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation287-024 on Tape 287 (tape position 02:52:42–02:52:44)StartMonday, October 11, 1971 at 5:50 PMEndMonday, October 11, 1971 at 5:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 287-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief exchange includes informal pleasantries regarding a baseball game and the First Lady's recent public appearance. The primary action item concludes with the operator assisting the President in connecting to his wife.

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Miss the next one, please.
You got back, huh?
Fine, well, I... Only about the last inning, I guess, was a real, a real rattle.
Yeah, yeah.
Did you?
Oh, great, yeah.
Who'd you throw it to?
Who'd you throw it to?
Just to catch it?
Yeah.
But did you get a nice reception?
Yeah.
You were a friend of him, huh?
Of who?
That's good.
Are they ready for dinner now or are they going to go home?
Good to hear it.
Fine.
Well, I will start over right now.
We went there at 625.
Bye.
Bye.

NARA Description

On October 11, 1971, 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 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 287-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 287-24

Date: October 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-44]

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

Also recorded on October 11, 1971

  • 011-043 5:43 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:43 pm.
  • 287-022 5:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:55 pm.
  • 287-023 5:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:55 pm.
  • 011-045 5:55 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:55 pm to 5:56 pm.
  • 287-025 5:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:55 pm to 5:56 pm.
  • 011-046 5:56 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 9:26 pm.
  • 287-026 5:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 6:00 pm.
  • 287-027 5:56 PM · 57 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 5:56 pm and 6:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 287-024, October 11, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/287-024 (accessed October 11, 2026).