Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-017
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on H. R. Haldeman
Friday, December 24, 1971 · 3:09 PM–3:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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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 3:09 pm and 3:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-17
Date: December 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:09 pm and 3:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation.
Also recorded on December 24, 1971
- 017-014 2:12 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:16 pm.
- 017-015 2:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan talked on the telephone from 2:16 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 309-015 2:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald W. Reagan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:16 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 017-016 3:09 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:09 pm.
- 017-018 3:12 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:12 pm to 3:37 pm.
- 017-019 3:37 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 3:37 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 017-020 3:45 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:45 pm to 3:58 pm.
- 017-021 3:58 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:58 pm and 4:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-017, December 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191797). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-017 (accessed November 2, 2026).