Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 378 › Conversation 378-011
Nixon alone in his EOB office on White House personal life
Tuesday, October 31, 1972 · 1:13 PM–1:14 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met briefly with First Lady Pat Nixon in his Old Executive Office Building suite. Given the duration of only one minute and the absence of a transcript, the meeting served as a routine personal interaction rather than a substantive policy discussion. No significant presidential actions or strategic decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
- Pat Nixon
- White House personal life
- Executive Office Building
- First Lady
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 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 378-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 378-11 Date: October 31, 1972 Time: 1:13 pm - 1:14 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon. [See Conversation No. 32-96; one item has been withdrawn]
Also recorded on October 31, 1972
- 032-094 1:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
- 032-095 1:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
- 378-008 1:05 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
- 378-009 1:05 PM · 7 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm.
- 032-096 1:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:13 pm to 1:14 pm.
- 032-097 1:14 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:14 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 378-012 1:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:15 pm to 1:16 pm.
- 378-013 1:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 2:38 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 378-011, October 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/378-011 (accessed October 5, 2026).