Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 363 › Conversation 363-018

Nixon alone in his EOB office on First Lady and White House personal life

Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 4:56 PM–4:59 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation363-018 on Tape 363StartTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:56 PMEndTuesday, August 8, 1972 at 4:59 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 363-018 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon met briefly with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Old Executive Office Building. The private interaction took place shortly before the President transitioned to other administrative duties. No record of the specific dialogue exists, though the meeting serves as a brief point of contact between the President and the First Lady during a busy period of the 1972 administration.

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NARA Description

On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-018 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 363-18

Date: August 8, 1972
Time: 4:56 pm - 4:59 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

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

[See Conversation No. 29-61; one item has been withdrawn]

Also recorded on August 8, 1972

  • 029-060 4:54 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 363-017 4:54 PM · 8 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 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 029-061 4:56 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:56 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 029-062 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 029-063 4:59 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-019 4:59 PM · 8 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-020 4:59 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.
  • 363-021 4:59 PM · 6 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 363-018, August 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/363-018 (accessed October 1, 2026).