Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-006
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Major General James D. Hughes
Friday, December 24, 1971 · 1:46 PM–1:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Major General James D. “Don” Hughes. This administrative communication serves to facilitate direct contact between the President and his military aide. The conversation concludes immediately after the operator acknowledges the request to connect the call.
- Major General James D. Hughes
- White House communications
- military aide
- Presidential scheduling
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NARA Description
On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-6
Date: December 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Maj. Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes
[See Conversation No. 309-5]Also recorded on December 24, 1971
- 309-004 1:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
- 309-005 1:46 PM · 9 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 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
- 017-007 1:48 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:49 pm.
- 309-006 1:48 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:48 pm to 1:49 pm.
- 309-007 1:49 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 1:49 pm.
- 017-008 1:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:50 pm.
- 017-009 1:50 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 309-008 1:50 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-006, December 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-006 (accessed October 6, 2026).