President Nixon consulted Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzie to clarify the logistical flight times between Washington and Anchorage, Alaska. The conversation focused on establishing precise travel durations for both outbound and return segments of a potential trip. Albertazzie confirmed the flight times as seven hours and ten minutes to Anchorage and six hours and thirty minutes for the return journey.
On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Ralph D. Albertazzie talked on the telephone from 5:11 pm to 5:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 8-34 Date: September 7, 1971 Time: 5:11 pm - 5:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with Lt. Col. Ralph D. Albertazzi. [See Conversation No. 275-20] Washington to Anchorage flight time -7 hours, 10 minutes -Anchorage to Washington -6 hours, 30 minutes
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