{"conversationCode":"309-006","tapeNumber":309,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-309-006","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T18:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:48 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hughes, James D. (\"Don\");","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and James D. (\"Don\") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:48 pm to 1:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 309-6\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 1:48 pm - 1:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Gen. James D. (“Don”) Hughes.\n\n[See Conversation No. 17-7]","filename":["309-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:12","tapeEnd":"01:41:41","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Hughes, James D. (\"Don\")"],"prevCode":"309-005","nextCode":"309-007","transcript":[{"start":6.04,"end":26.17,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":26.19,"end":27.43,"text":"Go ahead."},{"start":27.45,"end":27.65,"text":"Very nice."},{"start":27.67,"end":27.85,"text":"Be sure ."},{"start":27.87,"end":28.03,"text":"OK, Don."},{"start":28.05,"end":29.17,"text":"All right."},{"start":29.2,"end":29.34,"text":"Thanks."},{"start":29.36,"end":29.52,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and General James D. \"Don\" Hughes held a brief, informal meeting in the Old Executive Office Building on Christmas Eve. The exchange functioned as a short holiday greeting and a check-in between the President and his military aide. No substantive policy matters or administrative directives were recorded during this brief interaction.","topics":["Christmas Eve","Military Aide","White House Personnel","Informal Meeting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:22:43.541Z"},"topicSlugs":["christmas-eve","military-aide","white-house-personnel","informal-meeting"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"309-006.mp3","bytes":1202465,"durationSec":29.94,"bitrate":321350,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/309-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/309-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/309/conversation-309-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}