{"conversationCode":"017-042","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-042","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T02:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T02:05:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:04 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 9:04 pm to 9:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-042 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. 17-42\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 9:04 pm - 9:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John B. Connally.\n\n     Christmas greetings\n\n     Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally\n          -Note from the family\n                 -Connally’s anniversary\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/21/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-042-w001]\n[Duration: 9s]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Dinner\n          -Mamie Eisenhower, John Eisenhower, the Cox family\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n***********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 12/21/2017. Segment cleared for\n\nrelease.]\n[Privacy]\n[017-042-w002]\n[Duration: 14s]\n\n     John B. Connally’s Christmas plans\n          -Hunting\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/21/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[017-042-w003]\n[Duration: 50s]\n\n     Football\n          -Minnesota\n          -Watching the game\n               -John B. Connally’s location\n               -Unable to watch\n          -Dallas Cowboys\n          -Washington Redskins\n          -Weather\n\n**************************************************************************\n\n     Connally's schedule","filename":["017-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:55:27","tapeEnd":"01:57:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Connally, John B."],"prevCode":"017-041","nextCode":"017-043","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.45,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":11.46,"end":11.59,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":11.61,"end":21.24,"text":"Nothing to bother you with except to wish you and Nellie and your family a Merry Christmas."},{"start":21.26,"end":21.4,"text":"Well..."},{"start":22.8,"end":31.58,"text":"Well, I figured that after all those years, and also this last year, that you ought to know somebody who appreciates you."},{"start":31.6,"end":36.11,"text":"I know she does, too."},{"start":36.13,"end":36.35,"text":"Yep."},{"start":109.65,"end":112.2,"text":"Well, I just hope now, John, you stay down there."},{"start":112.22,"end":114.67,"text":"You know, you're not coming back till after New Year's, are you?"},{"start":114.69,"end":115.21,"text":"No, sir, we're not."},{"start":115.23,"end":116.95,"text":"We're going to let something happen."},{"start":118.86,"end":119.62,"text":"We're going to stay a few days."},{"start":119.74,"end":120,"text":"Absolutely."},{"start":120.02,"end":120.24,"text":"Absolutely."},{"start":120.26,"end":121.35,"text":"Not a thing to do here."},{"start":121.37,"end":121.85,"text":"Not a thing."},{"start":122.57,"end":125.3,"text":"We'll see that nothing blows up while you're gone."},{"start":125.32,"end":126.58,"text":"You're wonderful to call, brother."},{"start":127.18,"end":127.98,"text":"All right, now."},{"start":128,"end":129.37,"text":"Merry Christmas."},{"start":129.39,"end":129.55,"text":"Goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon initiated this brief call to John B. Connally to exchange Christmas greetings and express personal appreciation for their professional partnership over the past year. The two men discussed Connally's holiday plans, including his intention to remain away from Washington until after the New Year. Nixon jokingly assured Connally that he would ensure nothing \"blows up\" at the White House during his absence.","topics":["Christmas greetings","John B. Connally","White House personal relations","Holiday scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:45:32.463Z"},"topicSlugs":["christmas-greetings","john-b-connally","white-house-personal-relations","holiday-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":130,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-042.mp3","bytes":3109615,"durationSec":129.5,"bitrate":192092,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}