Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-018
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Wednesday, July 28, 1971 · 9:03 AM–5:41 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. This administrative interaction served as the necessary precursor to a subsequent high-level discussion regarding the Federal Reserve Board and the President's upcoming scheduling requirements. The coordination facilitated an urgent consultation between Nixon and Connally involving economic policy, internal politics, and legislative meetings.
- John B. Connally
- White House operations
- Economic policy
- Federal Reserve Board
- Presidential scheduling
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NARA Description
On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-18
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:03 am and 5:41 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 550-3B]
Requested a call to John B. Connally
Conv.
Conversation
No. 7-161
No.
(cont.)
7-19
Date: July 28, 1971
Time: 5:41 pm - 5:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John B. Connally.
[See Conversation No. 550-3C]
Federal Reserve Board [?]
-Propose changes [?]
-Effect
-Wright Patman
-Arthur F. Burns’ call [to Alan Greenspan?]
-Politics
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Connally's meeting with Burns
-Propose effect
The President's schedule
-George P. Shultz meeting
-Connally meeting
-Senators
-LocationAlso recorded on July 28, 1971
- 549-001 9:00 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
- 549-002 9:00 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:02 am.
- 007-017 9:02 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
- 549-003 9:02 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:02 am to 9:03 am.
- 549-004 9:03 AM · 53 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:03 am to 10:00 am.
- 549-005 10:02 AM · 18 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:20 am.
- 549-006 10:02 AM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:02 am and 10:20 am.
- 549-007 10:20 AM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:20 am to 11:16 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-018, July 28, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-018 (accessed October 12, 2026).