President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a substantive discussion between the two men. No policy decisions were finalized during this initial contact as the conversation was limited to the act of connecting the President to his Cabinet member.
On July 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:22 am and 11:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-182 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 6-182 Date: July 22, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:22 am and 11:32 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 542-4A] Call to John B. Connally
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