{"conversationCode":"017-092","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":92,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-092","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:48:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:47 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Heath, Edward R. G.;","description":"On December 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Edward R. G. Heath talked on the telephone from 11:47 am to 11:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-092 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 17-92\n\nDate: December 25, 1971\nTime: 11:47 am - 11:48 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to James D. Hodgson\n\n     Edward R.G. Heath on the line\n\nThe President talked with Heath.\n\n     Christmas greetings\n          -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n\n     Music\n         -Piano and orchestra\n\n     Mamie G.D. Eisenhower\n\n     The Royal Family","filename":["017-092.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:42","tapeEnd":"03:19:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Heath, Edward R. G."],"prevCode":"017-091","nextCode":"017-093","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.15,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":4.17,"end":5.79,"text":"Secretary Hodgson, please."},{"start":5.82,"end":6.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.18,"end":7.98,"text":"The Prime Minister's coming right on."},{"start":8,"end":8.08,"text":"Who?"},{"start":8.32,"end":9.21,"text":"The Prime Minister."},{"start":9.23,"end":9.41,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":9.49,"end":9.97,"text":"I'll hang on."},{"start":9.99,"end":10.09,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":36.4,"end":37.94,"text":"on the line."},{"start":37.96,"end":39.94,"text":"Hello, Mr. Prime Minister?"},{"start":41.46,"end":42.91,"text":"Well, you just beat me to it."},{"start":43.17,"end":57.56,"text":"I have no crisis to talk about, no problems, but I just wanted you to know that Mrs. Nixon and I send our very best to you and all your colleagues on this day and we just look forward to working together next year."},{"start":60.07,"end":64.09,"text":"As a matter of fact, I'm just listening to"},{"start":64.58,"end":66.76,"text":"to piano and orchestra with Rachmaninoff."},{"start":66.78,"end":68.16,"text":"I thought you could hear it in the background."},{"start":72.39,"end":73.41,"text":"Yes, we're going to do that."},{"start":73.47,"end":76.05,"text":"Mrs. Eisenhower is here, and we're going to just open ours right now."},{"start":78.18,"end":82.48,"text":"I certainly will, and we will look forward to seeing you again for too long."},{"start":84.42,"end":85.27,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":85.29,"end":85.61,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief holiday call to British Prime Minister Edward Heath to exchange Christmas greetings and express his anticipation for their continued collaboration in the coming year. The conversation included personal reflections on their holiday activities, with Nixon mentioning the presence of Mamie Eisenhower and his appreciation for orchestral music. No formal policy matters were addressed during this social exchange.","topics":["Christmas greetings","Edward Heath","US-UK relations","Diplomatic relations","Mamie Eisenhower"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:50:03.807Z"},"topicSlugs":["christmas-greetings","edward-heath","us-uk-relations","diplomatic-relations","mamie-eisenhower"],"audioDurationSec":87,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-092.mp3","bytes":2090212,"durationSec":87.04,"bitrate":192121,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-092.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-092","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-092","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}