Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-045
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on J. Edgar Hoover
Friday, December 24, 1971 · 9:10 PM–9:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec
AI Summary
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.
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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 9:10 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 Aid
Conversation 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 HooverAlso recorded on December 25, 1971
- 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.
- 017-043 9:05 PM · 10 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 017-046 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.
- 017-049 9:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:20 pm and 9:22 pm.
- 017-050 9:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Donald McI. Kendall talked on the telephone from 9:22 pm to 9:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-045, 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/017-045 (accessed October 12, 2026).