Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-019

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 5:43 PM–5:49 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation292-019 on Tape 292 (tape position 02:31:15–02:31:35)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:43 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:49 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon interacted with the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to the First Lady, Thelma C. “Pat” Nixon. This brief communication served as a logistical request to connect the President to his wife. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were addressed during this interaction.

Audio

part B, 28:52

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the players above hold the full tape, shared with neighbouring conversations. By the archivists' log it runs from 02:31:15 to 02:31:35 into the tape; their log often drifts a minute or two from the audio, so listen for the subjects in the finding aid.

NARA Description

On October 19, 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 292-19

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: Unknown between 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 11-144]

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

Transcript (AI-generated)

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 011-143 5:38 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 5:38 pm to 5:43 pm.
  • 292-018 5:38 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:38 pm to 5:43 pm.
  • 011-144 5:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:43 pm to 5:48 pm.
  • 011-145 5:43 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:43 pm and 5:48 pm.
  • 292-020 5:43 PM · 42 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm.
  • 292-021 5:43 PM · 20 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 5:43 pm and 5:49 pm.
  • 011-146 5:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.
  • 292-022 5:49 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 5:49 pm to 5:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 292-019, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/292-019 (accessed November 13, 2026).