Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-001
Nixon phone call with Connally on White House Tapes and Political Consultation
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 1:10 PM–1:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
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On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-1
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 1:10 pm - 1:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John B. Connally.
[See Conversation No. 353-11]
Greetings
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 59s ]
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Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 029-069 12:20 PM · 11 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 353-008 12:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 353-009 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:37 pm.
- 353-010 12:40 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:40 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 353-011 1:10 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:15 pm.
- 353-012 1:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:24 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-001, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-001 (accessed October 29, 2026).