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 onTape 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 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place outgoing calls to Senator John C. Stennis and Virginia H. Knauer. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate these holiday communications. No substantive policy discussions took place during this brief administrative interaction.

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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.

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

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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-087 (accessed September 18, 2026).