Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 310 › Conversation 310-023

Nixon with unidentified visitors in his EOB office on telecommunications

Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 11:30 AM–11:45 AM ET · Old Executive Office Building

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation310-023 on Tape 310 (tape position 03:04:58–03:05:14)StartSunday, December 26, 1971 at 11:30 AMEndSunday, December 26, 1971 at 11:45 AMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 310-023 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a administrative step to connect the President with a specific party. No further substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief exchange.

Audio

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On December 26, 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 11:30 am and 11:45 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-023 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 310-23

Date: December 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:30 am and 11:45 am
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 17-99]

Also recorded on December 26, 1971

  • 017-097 11:21 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:25 pm.
  • 310-020 11:21 AM · 8 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 11:21 am and 11:25 am.
  • 310-021 11:21 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:25 am.
  • 017-098 11:25 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
  • 310-022 11:25 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:25 am to 11:30 am.
  • 017-099 11:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:30 am and 11:45 am.
  • 017-100 11:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 11:45 am to 11:52 am.
  • 310-024 11:45 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:45 am to 11:52 am.

All 31 conversations from December 26, 1971 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 310-023, December 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/310-023 (accessed October 11, 2026).