{"conversationCode":"035-043","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-043","startDateTime":"1973-01-01T00:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-01T00:57:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1972","startTime":"7:56 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Allen, George E.;","description":"On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 7:56 pm to 7:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-43\n\nDate: December 31, 1972\nTime: 7:56 pm and 7:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with George E. Allen.\n\n       Invitation to the White House\n             -Tour for in-laws [Mr. and Mrs. Felix Lumbrosso]\n                    -Timing\n                          -January 1, 1973\n                    -Christmas tree","filename":["035-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Allen, George E."],"prevCode":"035-042","nextCode":"035-044","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.42,"text":"Oh."},{"start":2.86,"end":3.68,"text":"There you are, sir, Mr. Howell."},{"start":3.7,"end":4.22,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":5.1,"end":5.88,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":5.91,"end":14.3,"text":"George, I wanted to tell you that if your in-laws and so forth, if they'd like to come over and see the White House, you're welcome to bring them over."},{"start":14.6,"end":15.66,"text":"All right."},{"start":15.68,"end":16.62,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":16.74,"end":19.7,"text":"They'd probably enjoy that before they go back."},{"start":19.72,"end":19.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":20.3,"end":22.97,"text":"Well, it's like tomorrow morning would be a good time."},{"start":23.01,"end":27.07,"text":"You can just look around or any time that fits you, you know."},{"start":27.09,"end":27.51,"text":"Okay."},{"start":27.79,"end":32.48,"text":"And we'll give them a special tour and take them around."},{"start":32.52,"end":34.45,"text":"What time would that be?"},{"start":35.17,"end":36.83,"text":"You tell me what time you'd like."},{"start":37.69,"end":38.65,"text":"I'll be there all morning."},{"start":38.67,"end":39.29,"text":"I see."},{"start":39.73,"end":40.85,"text":"Well, how about 10 o'clock?"},{"start":41.34,"end":42.76,"text":"Yeah, all right."},{"start":42.78,"end":42.94,"text":"Fine."},{"start":43,"end":48.05,"text":"Ten o'clock, I'll be in the office, and you just come on in, bring them all in, and then we'll have them taken."},{"start":48.17,"end":52.64,"text":"The Christmas tree's still up, and they can see the decorations, and it'll be a great thrill for them."},{"start":52.66,"end":52.91,"text":"Good."},{"start":52.98,"end":53.81,"text":"We'll do that."},{"start":53.87,"end":54.69,"text":"Bring the kids, too."},{"start":54.83,"end":55.87,"text":"Yeah, I'll bring the whole gang."},{"start":56.13,"end":56.87,"text":"All right, bye."},{"start":56.97,"end":57.13,"text":"Bye."},{"start":57.15,"end":57.91,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon invited his associate George E. Allen to bring his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Lumbrosso, for a private tour of the White House. The President suggested a meeting time of 10:00 a.m. the following day to allow the guests to view the holiday decorations and the remaining Christmas tree. Nixon extended the invitation to include the entire family, including the children.","topics":["White House tours","social invitations","George E. Allen","holiday decorations","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:44:36.741Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-tours","social-invitations","george-e-allen","holiday-decorations","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":65,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-043.mp3","bytes":1566689,"durationSec":65.15,"bitrate":192389,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}