{"conversationCode":"007-018","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-018","startDateTime":"1971-07-28T13:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-28T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:03 AM","endDate":"28-Jul-1971","endTime":"5:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:03 am and 5:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 7-18\n\nDate: July 28, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:03 am and 5:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 550-3B]\n\n     Requested a call to John B. Connally\n\n                                                               Conv.\n                                                                Conversation\n                                                                     No. 7-161\n                                                                             No.\n                                                                               (cont.)\n                                                                                 7-19\n\nDate: July 28, 1971\nTime: 5:41 pm - 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John B. Connally.\n\n[See Conversation No. 550-3C]\n\n     Federal Reserve Board [?]\n          -Propose changes [?]\n               -Effect\n               -Wright Patman\n               -Arthur F. Burns’ call [to Alan Greenspan?]\n                     -Politics\n               -Ronald L. Ziegler\n               -Connally's meeting with Burns\n                     -Propose effect\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -George P. Shultz meeting\n               -Connally meeting\n                      -Senators\n                           -Location","filename":["007-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:47:16","tapeEnd":"00:47:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-017","nextCode":"007-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.25,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":3.32,"end":4.83,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. This administrative interaction served as the necessary precursor to a subsequent high-level discussion regarding the Federal Reserve Board and the President's upcoming scheduling requirements. The coordination facilitated an urgent consultation between Nixon and Connally involving economic policy, internal politics, and legislative meetings.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Economic policy","Federal Reserve Board","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:25:42.217Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","economic-policy","federal-reserve-board","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-018.mp3","bytes":125386,"durationSec":5.17,"bitrate":193998,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.472Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}