Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-049
Nixon phone call with Connally on Economic policy and Executive communication
Thursday, May 13, 1971 · 3:52 PM–3:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon and Treasury Secretary John B. Connally held a brief telephone conversation regarding official matters. Due to the withdrawal of the primary content of this recording, the specific substantive details of their discussion remain restricted. No definitive policy decisions or action items are available for analysis from this segment.
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NARA Description
On May 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:52 pm to 3:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-049 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 003-049
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
Date: May 13, 1971
Time: 3:52 pm - 3:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone
John B. Connally talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 498-015F]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/24/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[003-049-w001]
[Duration: 1m 23s]
Texas politics
-John B. Connally meeting with the President
-Ben Barnes
-Gubernatorial or Senate race
-John Tower
-Preston Smith
-John B. Connally’s opinion of Preston Smith
-Up for reelection
-Ben Barnes
-Gubernatorial race
-Tower
-John B. Connally meeting with the President, May 14, 1971
-Time
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on May 13, 1971
- 003-042 3:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 003-044 3:38 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin talked on the telephone from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
- 498-014 3:38 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwight L. Chapin met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:38 pm to 3:39 pm.
- 498-015 3:40 PM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, J. Glenn Beall, Jr., White House operator, Clark MacGregor, John D. Ehrlichman, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:40 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 003-045 3:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Glenn Beall, Jr. talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm.
- 003-046 3:46 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at 3:46 pm.
- 003-047 3:46 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:46 pm and 3:47 pm.
- 003-048 3:47 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 3:47 pm to 3:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 003-049, May 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-049 (accessed October 22, 2026).