Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 355 › Conversation 355-004
Nixon alone in his EOB office on White House life and Personal meetings
Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 12:59 PM–1:00 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met briefly with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Old Executive Office Building. Due to the brevity of the encounter and the lack of a transcript, the specific substance of their discussion remains undocumented. The interaction serves as a brief point of contact between the President and the First Lady during the 1972 campaign season.
- Pat Nixon
- Richard Nixon
- White House life
- Personal meetings
Audio
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.
NARA Description
On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 355-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 355-4 Date: October 3, 1972 Time: 12:59 pm - 1:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 30-45; one item has been withdrawn]
Also recorded on October 3, 1972
- 030-044 12:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
- 355-001 12:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
- 355-002 12:50 PM · 13 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 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm.
- 030-045 12:59 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:59 pm to 1:00 pm.
- 030-046 1:00 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.
- 355-005 1:00 PM · 13 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 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.
- 355-006 1:00 PM · 13 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 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.
- 355-007 1:00 PM · 9 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 1:00 pm and 1:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 355-004, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/355-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).