Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 309 › Conversation 309-002

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on George P. Shultz

Friday, December 24, 1971 · 1:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building ·11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation309-002 onTape 309 (tape position 01:31:27–01:31:36)StartFriday, December 24, 1971 at 1:37 PMEndFriday, December 24, 1971 at 1:37 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 309-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to George P. Shultz. The interaction serves as a functional communication bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this exchange.

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George Shultzman.

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 1:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 309-2

Date: December 24, 1971
Time: 1:37 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 17-4]

     Request for a call to George P. Shultz

Also recorded on December 24, 1971

  • 017-005 1:37 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 1:37 pm to 1:46 pm.
  • 309-003 1:37 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:37 pm to 1:46 pm.
  • 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.
  • 309-004 1:46 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 1:48 pm.
  • 309-005 1:46 PM · 9 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 1:46 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 309-002, 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/309-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).