Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-043
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John A. Mulcahy
Friday, December 24, 1971 · 9:05 PM–9:09 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with John A. “Jack” Mulcahy. The primary purpose of the communication was to facilitate this specific call during the Christmas Eve holiday. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.
- John A. Mulcahy
- Communications
- White House operations
- 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 9:05 pm and 9:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-43
Date: December 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:05 pm and 9:09 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to John A. (“Jack”) MulcahyAlso recorded on December 25, 1971
- 017-040 8:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and F. Donald Nixon talked on the telephone from 8:53 pm to 8:56 pm.
- 017-041 8:56 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 9:04 pm.
- 017-042 9:04 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 9:04 pm to 9:05 pm.
- 017-044 9:09 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John A. ("Jack") Mulcahy talked on the telephone from 9:09 pm to 9:10 pm.
- 017-045 9:10 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm.
- 017-046 9:14 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover talked on the telephone from 9:14 pm to 9:17 pm.
- 017-047 9:17 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:17 pm and 9:19 pm.
- 017-048 9:19 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, McIntyre Faries, and Geralyne Faries talked on the telephone from 9:19 pm to 9:20 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-043, December 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-043 (accessed October 12, 2026).