{"conversationCode":"017-022","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-022","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T21:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T21:39:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"4:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Nixon, Edward C.; Nixon, Gaye Lynne (Woods);","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, Edward C. Nixon, and Gaye Lynne (Woods) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:34 pm to 4:39 pm. 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Donald Nixon location\n\nThe President talked with Edward Nixon.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/21/2017. 1m\n48s segment cleared for release with five segments of 18s, 25s, 28s, 23s, and 1m 16s remaining\nclosed as 017-022-w001, 017-022-w002, 017-022-w003, 017-022-w004, and 017-022-w005\nrespectively.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-022-w001]\n[Duration: 18s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Christmas Eve\n               -David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Ed and Tricia Nixon Cox\n          -Christmas Day\n               -David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower; Ed and Tricia Nixon Cox\n               -Mamie Eisenhower, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Eisenhower, Howard Cox, Anne\n                Cox, Mazie Cox\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-022-w002]\n[Duration: 25s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n    Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s television appearance\n          -CBS\n          -Time\n          -White House Christmas\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-022-w003]\n[Duration: 28s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n    The President’s schedule\n         -Florida\n               -Willy Brandt\n         -California\n               -Eisaku Sato\n\n    India-Pakistan\n          -The President’s opinion\n          -Progress\n               -War\n\n    Thelma C. (“Pat”) (Ryan) Nixon\n         -Official White House photographs\n               -Ollie Atkins\n               -Family picture\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-022-w004]\n[Duration: 23s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n    The President’s schedule\n         -Dinner\n              -Timing\n         -Football games\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-022-w005]\n[Duration: 1m 16s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 5\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["017-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:04","tapeEnd":"01:10:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Nixon, Edward C.","Nixon, Gaye Lynne (Woods)"],"prevCode":"017-021","nextCode":"017-023","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.43,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.61,"end":9.39,"text":"I have Edward, and Donald isn't expected until about three hours, so I left work."},{"start":9.41,"end":9.53,"text":"Okay."},{"start":9.55,"end":9.61,"text":"Ah."},{"start":9.63,"end":9.99,"text":"See you later."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with his brother, Edward C. Nixon, and Gaye Lynne Nixon to coordinate holiday schedules and family logistics for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The discussion covered plans involving the Eisenhower family, Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s recent television appearance, and the President's upcoming international meetings with Willy Brandt and Eisaku Sato. Additionally, they briefly touched upon the status of the India-Pakistan conflict and arrangements for official family photography.","topics":["Christmas holiday","Family matters","Foreign diplomacy","India-Pakistan War","Julie Nixon Eisenhower"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:43:43.776Z"},"topicSlugs":["christmas-holiday","family-matters","foreign-diplomacy","india-pakistan-war","julie-nixon-eisenhower"],"audioDurationSec":288,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-022.mp3","bytes":6912626,"durationSec":287.95,"bitrate":192051,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}