Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 309 › Conversation 309-009
Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on John Chancellor
Friday, December 24, 1971 · 1:51 PM–1:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John Chancellor. This brief interaction served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate direct communication between the President and the journalist. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific exchange.
- John Chancellor
- Communications
- White House operations
- Journalism
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NARA Description
On December 24, 1971, 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 1:51 pm and 1:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 309-9
Date: December 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 1:56 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator
[See Conversation No. 17-10]
Request for a call to John W. ChancellorAlso recorded on December 24, 1971
- 017-006 1:46 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
- 017-007 1:48 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 1:48 pm to 1:49 pm.
- 309-006 1:48 PM · 30 sec — 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.
- 309-007 1:49 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:49 pm.
- 017-008 1:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:50 pm.
- 017-009 1:50 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 309-008 1:50 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and James D. ("Don") Hughes met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:50 pm to 1:51 pm.
- 017-010 1:51 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 1:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 309-009, December 24, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/309-009 (accessed October 6, 2026).