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 While the specific substance of the one-minute exchange remains unavailable due to a withdrawn item, the meeting represents a private interaction between the President and the First Lady during the holiday season.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.
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 AidConversation 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 [See Conversation No. 17-105; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.