President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish a direct line of communication with the agency head on Christmas Eve. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
On December 24, 1971, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 17-45
Date: December 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:10 pm and 9:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to J. Edgar HooverNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.