{"conversationCode":"013-138","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-138","startDateTime":"1971-11-05T00:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-05T00:36:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:35 PM","endDate":"4-Nov-1971","endTime":"7:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Christie, Lloyd J.;","description":"On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Lloyd J. Christie talked on the telephone from 7:35 pm to 7:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-138 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 013-138\n\nDate: November 4, 1971\nTime: 7:35 pm - 7:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Lloyd J. Christie.\n\n     Christie's letter to President\n\n     Christie's son","filename":["013-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:11:47","tapeEnd":"04:12:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Christie, Lloyd J."],"prevCode":"013-137","nextCode":"013-139","transcript":[{"start":3.59,"end":3.87,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.89,"end":4.07,"text":"Hello."},{"start":6.16,"end":6.62,"text":"Hello, President Nixon."},{"start":6.64,"end":24,"text":"I just wanted you to know that I greatly appreciated the fine letter you wrote me a few days ago, and that as being one of your neighbors, I used to live in Whittier, you know, and the rest, that I thought of the times that I've been around Santa Fe Springs, and I want to wish you and your family well."},{"start":24.1,"end":27.22,"text":"Thank you for your support."},{"start":27.24,"end":27.92,"text":"I sure thank you, sir, for coming."},{"start":27.94,"end":29.12,"text":"Everything going well for you?"},{"start":30.45,"end":30.8,"text":"Very good."},{"start":31.77,"end":31.87,"text":"Good."},{"start":31.89,"end":32.43,"text":"Glad to hear from you, sir."},{"start":32.45,"end":33.33,"text":"Good, good."},{"start":33.75,"end":38.88,"text":"Well, give my best to that boy that helped us abroad, too, will you?"},{"start":38.9,"end":39.52,"text":"I sure will."},{"start":39.55,"end":42.17,"text":"Tell him the country appreciates what he and his colleagues did."},{"start":43.52,"end":44.02,"text":"We'll certainly tell him."},{"start":44.04,"end":45.95,"text":"Thank you very much, Mr. Christie."},{"start":45.97,"end":46.49,"text":"Thank you, sir, very much."},{"start":46.51,"end":46.73,"text":"Good night."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief courtesy call to Lloyd J. Christie to personally acknowledge and thank him for a letter Christie had recently sent. The President expressed appreciation for Christie's support and connected with him through their shared history as residents of Whittier, California. During the exchange, Nixon also requested that Christie convey his gratitude to his son and his colleagues for their service abroad.","topics":["Personal Correspondence","Whittier","Santa Fe Springs","Constituent Relations","Military Service"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:54:24.179Z"},"topicSlugs":["personal-correspondence","whittier","santa-fe-springs","constituent-relations","military-service"],"audioDurationSec":48,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-138.mp3","bytes":1158581,"durationSec":48.22,"bitrate":192223,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.418Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}