Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 292 › Conversation 292-022

Nixon alone in his EOB office on White House personal relations

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 5:49 PM–5:50 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation292-022 on Tape 292 (tape position 02:32:37–02:34:12)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:49 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 5:50 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 292-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon held a brief, informal meeting in the President's office. The conversation primarily served as a personal check-in between the couple, though the transcript remains largely obscured due to withdrawn items. No significant policy decisions or official White House actions were recorded during this one-minute interaction.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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2:33:47That's next in place.

NARA Description

On October 19, 1971, 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. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 292-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 292-22

Date: October 19, 1971
Time: 5:49 pm - 5:50 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 11-146; two items have been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on October 19, 1971

  • 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.
  • 292-019 5:43 PM · 20 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.
  • 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.
  • 011-147 5:50 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 5:50 pm to 6:04 pm.
  • 292-023 5:50 PM · 56 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 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 292-024 5:50 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.
  • 292-025 5:50 PM · 54 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 5:50 pm and 6:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 292-022, 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/292-022 (accessed October 25, 2026).