{"conversationCode":"017-065","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":65,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-065","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T14:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:57 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Graham, William F. (\"Billy\");","description":"On December 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William F. (\"Billy\") Graham talked on the telephone from 9:57 am to 9:58 am. 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(“Billy”) Graham’s gift to the President\n          -Sweater\n          -Golf\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     \"Christmas at the White House\" on television\n          -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] news\n          -President playing with dogs\n\n     Greetings\n\n     Graham coming to White House on Friday\n          -Ruth McC. (Beall) Graham\n\n     Graham's schedule\n          -Timing\n\n     President's schedule\n          -Timing\n\n     Mrs. Graham\n          -Human Events","filename":["017-065.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:47:24","tapeEnd":"02:48:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Graham, William F. (\"Billy\")"],"prevCode":"017-064","nextCode":"017-066","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":19.76,"text":"I was watching you on television last night, and that was absolutely fantastic, that Christmas at the White House."},{"start":19.78,"end":20.86,"text":"Well, did you see that thing?"},{"start":21.04,"end":22.62,"text":"I didn't get to see it."},{"start":22.64,"end":24.08,"text":"I was on the phone, but..."},{"start":26.17,"end":32.2,"text":"Oh, is that right?"},{"start":32.84,"end":33.58,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":33.6,"end":34.58,"text":"Well, Merry Christmas to you."},{"start":34.6,"end":35.06,"text":"You'll be up."},{"start":35.12,"end":36.18,"text":"When will you get here?"},{"start":38.34,"end":43.47,"text":"Friday, right."},{"start":43.57,"end":47.48,"text":"Well, come in the night because the night is the time to see it."},{"start":47.52,"end":50.14,"text":"I'll be in Florida and be back."},{"start":50.18,"end":52.86,"text":"When do you leave, Cindy?"},{"start":52.88,"end":53.34,"text":"The 1st."},{"start":54.98,"end":55.62,"text":"That's right."},{"start":55.64,"end":56.8,"text":"Oh, yeah, you'll be here Friday."},{"start":56.82,"end":60.02,"text":"Well, I'll be back Friday afternoon myself, so I'll probably see you."},{"start":60.04,"end":60.48,"text":"Okay."},{"start":60.51,"end":61.95,"text":"Well, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas."},{"start":61.97,"end":63.59,"text":"Thank you, sir, and God bless you."},{"start":63.61,"end":63.77,"text":"Fine."},{"start":63.79,"end":66.95,"text":"You tell Ruth not to get too liberal."},{"start":66.97,"end":67.42,"text":"All right."},{"start":67.44,"end":70.7,"text":"Well, she still reads human events, but she doesn't always agree with them."},{"start":70.72,"end":72.62,"text":"Okay, all right."},{"start":72.64,"end":73.31,"text":"Okay, bye."},{"start":73.33,"end":73.53,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Reverend Billy Graham exchanged Christmas greetings and briefly discussed Graham's recent television appearance regarding the White House holiday celebration. The two confirmed plans for Graham and his wife, Ruth, to visit the White House on the following Friday. During the exchange, Nixon also jokingly advised Graham to ensure his wife remained ideologically conservative.","topics":["Billy Graham","Christmas","White House visit","Public relations","Political ideology"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:47:37.616Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","christmas","white-house-visit","public-relations","political-ideology"],"audioDurationSec":75,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-065.mp3","bytes":1805582,"durationSec":75.17,"bitrate":192155,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-065.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-065","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-065","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}