Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-158

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John Connally

Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 8:24 AM–8:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-158 on Tape 19StartSaturday, January 29, 1972 at 8:24 AMEndSaturday, January 29, 1972 at 8:35 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-158 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Idanell “Nellie” Connally, the wife of Treasury Secretary John Connally. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to facilitate direct communication with Mrs. Connally. No further substantive discussions occurred during this specific interaction.

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Could you get Mrs. Connolly, please, the wife of the Secretary of Treasury?
Surely.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-158 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-158

Date: January 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:24 am and 8:35 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 660-2]

     Request for a call to Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally

Also recorded on January 29, 1972

  • 660-001 8:24 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am.
  • 660-002 8:24 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am.
  • 660-003 8:24 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am.
  • 019-159 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
  • 660-004 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
  • 019-160 8:50 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:50 am.
  • 660-005 8:50 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:50 am.
  • 660-006 8:50 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:00 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-158, January 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-158 (accessed September 19, 2026).