Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 8 › Conversation 008-026

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally

Tuesday, August 17, 1971 · 4:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation008-026 on Tape 8 (tape position 00:44:08–00:44:15)StartTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 4:12 PMEndTuesday, August 17, 1971 at 4:12 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 008-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. This administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Treasury Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.

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Secretary Connolly, please.
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 8-26

Date: August 17, 1971
Time: 4:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 566-18A]

     Request for call to John B. Connally

Also recorded on August 17, 1971

  • 566-016 3:26 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 566-017 3:26 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 4:12 pm.
  • 008-027 4:12 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
  • 008-028 4:12 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 008-029 4:12 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:04 pm.
  • 566-022 4:30 PM · 3 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:56 pm.
  • 566-019 4:56 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:56 pm.
  • 566-020 4:56 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Jayne B. Spain, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:56 pm to 5:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 008-026, August 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/008-026 (accessed October 12, 2026).