Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-087

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John C. Stennis

Saturday, December 25, 1971 · 11:31 AM–11:34 AM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation017-087 on Tape 17 (tape position 03:14:16–03:14:35)StartSaturday, December 25, 1971 at 11:31 AMEndSaturday, December 25, 1971 at 11:34 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 017-087 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417191937 ↗

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NARA Description

On December 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:34 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-087 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 17-87

Date: December 25, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:31 am and 11:34 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for calls to John C. Stennis, and Virginia H. Knauer

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Operator, a couple of other calls.
Senator Stennis.
I'd like to talk to, and I'd like to talk to Mrs. Virginia Nauert.

Also recorded on December 25, 1971

  • 017-084 11:21 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 11:21 am to 11:22 am.
  • 017-085 11:23 AM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:23 am.
  • 017-086 11:29 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 11:29 am to 11:31 am.
  • 017-088 11:34 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:36 am.
  • 017-089 11:38 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:38 am.
  • 017-090 11:38 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:38 am and 11:45 am.
  • 017-091 11:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 11:45 am to 11:46 am.
  • 017-092 11:47 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Edward R. G. Heath talked on the telephone from 11:47 am to 11:48 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 017-087, December 25, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191937). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-087 (accessed November 2, 2026).