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Conversation 310-029

TapeTape 310StartSunday, December 26, 1971 at 12:12 PMEndSunday, December 26, 1971 at 12:16 PMTape start time03:14:08Tape end time03:17:24ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)Recording deviceOld Executive Office Building
AI Summary

President Nixon and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer engaged in a brief, informal exchange following the Christmas holiday. The conversation focused primarily on their mutual appreciation for a recent professional football game. No official policy decisions or strategic military matters were discussed during this interaction.

FootballCasual conversationThomas H. MoorerHoliday greetings
AudioNARA Description

On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Adm.Thomas H. Moorer met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:12 pm to 12:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 310-29

Date: December 26, 1971

Time: 12:12 pm - 12:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Adm. Thomas H. Moorer.

[See Conversation No. 17-102]
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

I think there's another briefcase there over in the Oval Office.
Step over to you and me, please.
Hello?
Yeah.
Hello?
Hello?
Yeah.
Fine.
Merry Christmas to you.
You have a good one.
Hope you saw that game.
Wasn't that fantastic?
That's probably the best one.
I mean, while they're always the best, the only thing I do if I were to have them play off the roll, I think it's a mistake for them to have it in the sudden death thing because it makes it basically so unlike football and so conventional.
Everybody plays it to save a pair of an error.
They really ought to play a third quarter, a fifth quarter, and then they, you know, you have all the excitement of both teams going for broke again, you know.
I think it might be working.
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