Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-105
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Social planning
Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 1:44 PM–1:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 34 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed the President's upcoming schedule and social plans. The primary focus of the brief conversation involved coordinating a potential dinner engagement with William and Adele Rogers. They also touched upon logistical arrangements regarding the use of a helicopter for the event.
- Presidential schedule
- Pat Nixon
- Social planning
- William Rogers
- Helicopter transport
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NARA Description
On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:44 pm to 1:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-105 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-105
Date: December 26, 1971
Time: 1:44 pm - 1:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.
[See Conversation No. 310-37]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[017-105-w001]
[Duration: 22s]
The President’s schedule
-William and Adele Rogers
-Possible dinner
-Helicopter use
**********************************************************************Also recorded on December 26, 1971
- 017-103 12:16 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
- 017-104 1:43 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:43 pm.
- 310-036 1:43 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm.
- 310-037 1:44 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:44 pm to 1:45 pm.
- 017-106 1:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 017-107 1:45 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 310-038 1:45 PM · 26 min — 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 1:45 pm and 2:25 pm.
- 310-039 1:45 PM · 34 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-105, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-105 (accessed September 19, 2026).