Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-103

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on William P. Rogers

Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 12:16 PM–1:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation017-103 on Tape 17 (tape position 03:40:31–03:40:40)StartSunday, December 26, 1971 at 12:16 PMEndSunday, December 26, 1971 at 1:43 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 017-103 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate direct communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief request.

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Would you get Mr. Rogers, Secretary Rogers?
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-103 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 17-103

Date: December 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 310-35]

     Request for a call to William P. Rogers

Also recorded on December 26, 1971

  • 017-102 12:12 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 310-029 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm.Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:12 pm to 12:16 pm.
  • 310-030 12:16 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-031 12:16 PM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-032 12:16 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-033 12:16 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-034 12:16 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.
  • 310-035 12:16 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 017-103, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-103 (accessed October 11, 2026).