Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 601 › Conversation 601-014

Nixon alone in the Oval Office on White House logistics

Saturday, October 23, 1971 · 11:53 AM–11:54 AM ET · Oval Office · 32 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation601-014 on Tape 601 (tape position 02:56:12–02:56:57)StartSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:53 AMEndSaturday, October 23, 1971 at 11:54 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 601-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon coordinate their schedule and lunch plans in preparation for an upcoming departure. The President requests a light meal in the Oval Office while he awaits an anticipated phone call from Morocco. They discuss timing their exit to ensure the President is prepared for the next phase of his day.

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Yeah.

I am still waiting for the call in Morocco.

And, uh, so when I'm having lunch, just bring me, uh, you know, some cottage cheese and stuff I'll eat right here.

Because it'll be a long, it'll be, we'll be up there in a quarter or two or so.

So why don't you go ahead and, Chris, will you keep doing something now?

And we will leave within about a half hour.

I think I'll be there before he gets through.

Okay?

So, in the end, we'll sit back and have

NARA Description

On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:53 am to 11:54 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 601-14

Date: October 23, 1971
Time: 11:53 am - 11:54 am
Location: Oval Office

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

[See Conversation No. 12-105; one item has been withdrawn from the conversation]

Also recorded on October 23, 1971

012-104 11:43 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:53 am.
601-013 11:51 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:51 am.
012-105 11:53 AM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 11:53 am to 11:54 am.
601-015 11:54 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 am.
601-016 11:54 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:59 am.
012-106 11:59 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, King Hassan, Stephen B. Bull, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone from 11:59 am to 12:08 pm.
601-017 11:59 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Alex G. Toumayan, and King Hassan met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:17 pm.
012-107 12:17 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:17 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 601-014, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/601-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).