{"conversationCode":"017-040","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-040","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T01:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T01:56:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:53 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, F. Donald;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and F. Donald Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:53 pm to 8:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-040 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. 17-40\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 8:53 pm - 8:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with F. Donald Nixon.\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/12/2017.\nSegment will remain closed.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-040-w001]\n[Duration: 2m 47s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["017-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:52:28","tapeEnd":"01:55:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, F. Donald"],"prevCode":"017-039","nextCode":"017-041","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":1.84,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.86,"end":3.77,"text":"Mr. Donald Nixon, Mr. President."},{"start":3.79,"end":4.64,"text":"Mr. President, sir."},{"start":172.65,"end":173.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon engaged in a brief, personal holiday telephone call with his brother, F. Donald Nixon. The conversation was limited to seasonal greetings and familial well-wishes during Christmas Eve. No policy matters or official White House business were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["Family relations","Holiday greetings","Personal communication","F. Donald Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:45:21.784Z"},"topicSlugs":["family-relations","holiday-greetings","personal-communication","f-donald-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":173,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-040.mp3","bytes":4155976,"durationSec":173.1,"bitrate":192074,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}