Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-051
Haldeman & Connally on Lockheed Corporation and Loan guarantees
Monday, August 2, 1971 · 1:00 PM–1:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman and Treasury Secretary John Connally coordinated lobbying efforts to secure support for the Lockheed loan guarantee legislation. They reviewed the status of various senators, noting disappointing results from President Nixon's outreach to Barry Goldwater and George Aiken. The pair strategized on further persuasion tactics, specifically requesting presidential contact with J. Caleb Boggs while agreeing to abandon efforts to influence William V. Roth, Jr. due to perceived conflicts of interest.
- Lockheed Corporation
- Loan guarantees
- Congressional lobbying
- Senate relations
- Conflict of interest
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NARA Description
On August 2, 1971, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-051 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-51
Date: August 2, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 553-6J]
Requested a call to John B. Connally
[Pause]
Haldeman talked with Connally.
[See Conversation No. 553-6J]
Lockheed Amendment
-The President's calls to Carl T. Curtis, Barry M. Goldwater and George D. Aiken
-J. Caleb Boggs
-Curtis, Goldwater and Aiken
-Connally's call to Roman L. Hruska and Henry L. Bellmon
-Boggs
-Clark MacGregor's office
-William V. Roth, Jr.
-Conflict of interestAlso recorded on August 2, 1971
- 007-050 12:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George D. Aiken talked on the telephone from 12:56 pm to 1:00 pm.
- 007-052 1:08 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:08 pm.
- 007-053 1:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:08 pm.
- 007-054 1:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and J. Caleb Boggs talked on the telephone from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm.
- 007-055 1:19 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:19 pm.
- 007-056 1:19 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:19 pm.
- 007-057 1:19 PM · 8 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.
- 007-058 1:19 PM · 28 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:19 pm and 11:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-051, August 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-051 (accessed October 9, 2026).