Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 310 › Conversation 310-039
Nixon White House recording on Christmas cards and White House administration
Sunday, December 26, 1971 · 1:45 PM–2:34 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon met with unidentified individuals in the Executive Office Building to discuss administrative tasks following the Christmas holiday. The conversation primarily focused on the distribution and processing of Christmas cards. No substantive policy or political decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
- Christmas cards
- White House administration
- Presidential correspondence
Audio
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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 04:52:34 into the tape and ends around 04:53:08.
Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On December 26, 1971, unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-039 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 310-39
Date: December 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
Unknown men met.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Non-historical Returnable]
[Duration: 36s ]
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
CHRISTMAS CARDS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The unknown men left at an unknown time before 2:34 pm.Also recorded on December 26, 1971
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- 017-104 1:43 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:43 pm.
- 310-036 1:43 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:43 pm.
- 017-105 1:44 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 1:44 pm to 1:45 pm.
- 310-037 1:44 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:44 pm to 1:45 pm.
- 017-106 1:45 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 017-107 1:45 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm.
- 310-038 1:45 PM · 26 min — 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 1:45 pm and 2:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 310-039, 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/310-039 (accessed October 11, 2026).