Conversation: 017-011
Prev: 017-010 Next: 017-012Start Date: Friday, December 24, 1971 6:56 PM
End Date: Friday, December 24, 1971 7:01 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Chancellor, John W.Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:13:32
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 00:17:55
NARA Description:
On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Chancellor talked on the telephone from 1:56 pm to 2:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 17-11
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Date: December 24, 1971
Time: 1:56 pm - 2:01 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John W. Chancellor.
[See Conversation No. 309-10]
Christmas greetings
Congratulates Chancellor and staff
-"Day in the Life of the President", National Broadcasting Company [NBC] program
-Program’s length
-Audience
-Depth and perspective
-Number of calls
-President in operation
-Chancellor grateful for opportunity
-Second term for President
-Vietnam War
India-Pakistan conflict
-Compared to Middle East
-India, People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR], US
-Chancellor's lunch with Golda Meir
-Meir's visit with President
-United Nations [UN]
-Indira Gandhi
Women
-Liberation movement
-Chancellor commentary
-Leaders
-War
-Toughness
-Willingness to take risks
-Gandhi
-Sirimauo D. Bandaranaike of Ceylon
-Fidel Castro
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
-Successor
"A Day in the Life of the President" NBC television show
-President's gratitude