Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-114
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Paul Keyes
Friday, December 31, 1971 · 7:59 PM–8:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
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On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-114 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-114
Date: December 31, 1971
Time: Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Paul W. KeyesTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 017-112 7:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and C. Arnholt Smith talked on the telephone from 7:55 pm to 7:59 pm.
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- 017-115 8:14 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 8:14 pm to 8:16 pm.
- 311-001 9:05 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:05 pm and 9:08 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-114, December 31, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417191991). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-114 (accessed November 2, 2026).