Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-039

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

Thursday, November 18, 1971 · 3:51 PM–4:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation015-039 on Tape 15 (tape position 00:50:50–00:50:56)StartThursday, November 18, 1971 at 3:51 PMEndThursday, November 18, 1971 at 4:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-039 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange served as a directive to initiate immediate contact with Connally to discuss pending administrative or economic matters. No further policy developments occurred during this brief request for connectivity.

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Just get them as soon as you can.
Connolly, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-039 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-39
Date: November 18, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 294-22H]

     Request for a call John B. Connally

Also recorded on November 18, 1971

  • 015-035 2:56 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:56 pm and 3:36 pm.
  • 294-022 2:56 PM · 1 hr 36 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:56 pm to 4:50 pm.
  • 015-036 3:36 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 3:36 pm to 3:42 pm.
  • 015-037 3:42 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm.
  • 015-038 3:47 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:51 pm.
  • 015-040 4:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:17 pm to 4:24 pm.
  • 294-023 4:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Donald H. Rumsfeld met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.
  • 294-024 4:50 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 4:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-039, November 18, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-039 (accessed September 18, 2026).