December 26, 1971

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The Kissinger telephone conversation transcripts consist of approximately 20,000 pages of transcripts of Kissinger’s telephone conversations during his tenure as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1974) and Secretary of State (1973-1974) during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Visit the finding aid for more information.

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• 310-20; Unknown between 11:21 a.m. & 11:25 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 310-21; Unknown between 11:21 a.m. & 11:25 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 310-22; 11:25 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 310-23; Unknown between 11:30 a.m. & 11:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 310-24; 11:45 a.m. - 11:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 310-25; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 12:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]
• 310-26; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 12:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Monson, Zosimo
• 310-27; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 12:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 310-28; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 12:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 310-29; 12:12 p.m. - 12:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)
• 310-30; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 310-31; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Cox, Tricia Nixon; [Unknown person(s)]
• 310-32; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 310-33; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Monzon, Zosimo T.
• 310-34; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 310-35; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 310-36; 1:43 p.m. - 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 310-37; 1:44 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 310-38; Unknown between 1:45 p.m. & 2:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 310-39; Unknown between 1:45 p.m. & 2:34 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

White House Telephone

• 17-97; Unknown between 11:21 a.m. & 11:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 17-98; 11:25 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 17-99; Unknown between 11:30 a.m. & 11:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 17-100; 11:45 a.m. - 11:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 17-101; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 12:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 17-102; 12:12 p.m. - 12:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.)
• 17-103; Unknown between 12:16 p.m. & 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 17-104; 1:43 p.m. - 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 17-105; 1:44 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 17-106; Unknown between 1:45 p.m. & 2:34 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 17-107; Unknown between 1:45 p.m. & 2:34 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator

The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection contains “off-the-air” recordings of televised programs produced between 1968 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• WHCA-4915
  "Face The Nation", "Meet The Press" AND "Issues and Answers". President of France Georges Pompidou, Richard Nixon.
  NBC
  Runtime: 01:30:23
• WHCA-4926
  Weekly News Summary 24-30 December 1971, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  14. Utley/Goralski/Kaplan: Air strikes near Hanoi, Vietnam; Paris Peace Talks. Time Code Start: 31:23. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  15. Utley: President Nixon's officials predict good times for '72. Time Code Start: 35:44. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Utley/Neal/Duke/Quinn/Rich: U.S. and the world in the last week of 1971. Time Code Start: 36:28. Keywords: world, news, reports. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Reasoner/Zimmerman: Heavy air strikes in North Vietnam. Time Code Start: 38:50. Keywords: Vietnam War, aircraft, bombings. Network: ABC.
  
  18. Smith/Peterson: Secretary of Defense Laird gives reasons for heavy air strikes. Time Code Start: 41:15. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, speeches, statements, Vietnam War, aircraft, bombings. Network: ABC.
  
  19. Reasoner/Shoumacher: Army protestors against drug rehabilitation. Time Code Start: 45:00. Keywords: Armed Forces, military, troops, demonstrations, protests, drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, alcohol, alcoholism, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Smith/Lawrence: Representative Ashbrook (R. - Ohio) will run in 1972. Time Code Start: 47:08. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  21. Smith: Commentary on election '72. Time Code Start: 50:41. Keywords: Presidential elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning. Network: ABC.
  
  22. Chancellor/Goralski: Secretary of Defense Laird talks to reports about truce violations; the air war. Time Code Start: 52:30. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, speeches, statements, truces. Network: NBC.
  
  23. Chancellor/Kaplow: West German Chancellor Willy Brandt arrives at Key Biscayne, Florida. Time Code Start: 56:25. Keywords: West Germany, Chancellors, leaders, meetings, Presidents, residences, homes. Network: NBC.
  
  24. Chancellor/Briggs: Senior citizen power, the power organization of the elderly vote. Time Code Start: 58:08. Keywords: enior citizens, aging issues, elections, voting, voters, organizations, special interest groups, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). Network: NBC.
  
  25. Collingwood: Secretary of Defense Laird comments on the increase in air strikes over Vietnam. Time Code Start: 61:31. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, military, speeches, statements, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  26. Culhane: Anti-war veto protest. Time Code Start: 67:44. Keywords: Presidents, vetoes, bills, laws, demonstrations, protests. Network: CBS.
  
  27. Clark: Former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa retires to Detroit, Michigan. Time Code Start: 68:58. Keywords: labor, unions, IBT, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, leaders, retirements. Network: CBS.
  
  28. Dean: Delmar Pickett Jr. one man's story of the job he did in Vietnam. Time Code Start: 70:55. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.

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