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.
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 AidConversation 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 [See Conversation No. 29-61; one item has been withdrawn]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.