Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 310 › Conversation 310-037
Nixon alone in his EOB office on White House personnel and private meetings
Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 1:44 PM–1:45 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met briefly with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific substance of the one-minute exchange remains unavailable due to a withdrawn item, the meeting represents a private interaction between the President and the First Lady during the holiday season. No formal policy decisions or official actions were recorded as a result of this brief encounter.
- Pat Nixon
- White House personnel
- private meetings
- First Lady
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 04:26:16 into the tape and ends around 04:26:50.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:44 pm to 1:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 310-37 Date: December 26, 1971 Time: 1:44 pm - 1:45 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 17-105; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
Also recorded on December 26, 1971
- 017-103 12:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
- 017-104 1:43 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:43 pm.
- 310-036 1:43 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm.
- 017-105 1:44 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:44 pm to 1:45 pm.
- 017-106 1:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 017-107 1:45 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 310-038 1:45 PM · 26 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 1:45 pm and 2:25 pm.
- 310-039 1:45 PM · 34 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 310-037, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/310-037 (accessed October 11, 2026).