Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 309 › Conversation 309-011

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on Nelson A. Rockefeller

Friday, December 24, 1971 · 2:01 PM–2:06 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation309-011 onTape 309 (tape position 01:47:57–01:48:54)StartFriday, December 24, 1971 at 2:01 PMEndFriday, December 24, 1971 at 2:06 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 309-011 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. This brief administrative interaction serves as the initiation of a communication between the President and the Governor. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this exchange.

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Get me the rocket launcher, please.

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 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-011 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 309-11

Date: December 24, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 17-12]

     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller

Also recorded on December 24, 1971

  • 017-008 1:50 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:50 pm.
  • 017-010 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.
  • 309-009 1:51 PM · 14 sec — 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.
  • 017-011 1:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Chancellor talked on the telephone from 1:56 pm to 2:01 pm.
  • 309-010 1:56 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Chancellor met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:56 pm to 2:01 pm.
  • 017-012 2:01 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm.
  • 017-013 2:06 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 2:06 pm to 2:12 pm.
  • 309-012 2:06 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:06 pm to 2:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 309-011, 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/309-011 (accessed September 18, 2026).