Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-111
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Thursday, August 12, 1971 · 8:46 AM–12:01 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to request a conversation with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. This call served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his cabinet member for further discussion. No substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief exchange as the parties worked to facilitate the subsequent direct consultation.
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NARA Description
On August 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 12:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-111 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-111
Date: August 12, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:46 am and 12:0l pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
The President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time after 8:46 am.
[See Conversation No. 562-2A]
Requested a call to John B. ConnallyAlso recorded on August 12, 1971
- 562-001 8:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 8:58 am.
- 562-002 8:58 AM · 3 hr 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, John D. Ehrlichman, White House operator, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:58 am to 12:15 pm.
- 007-112 12:01 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 12:01 pm to 12:12 pm.
- 562-003 12:15 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Harold C. Passer, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:15 pm to 12:24 pm.
- 562-004 12:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:24 pm to 12:25 pm.
- 562-005 12:25 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Arnold R. Weber, George P. Shultz, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:25 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 562-006 12:45 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John W. Dean, III, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 1:17 pm.
- 562-007 1:17 PM · 34 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:17 pm on August 12, 1971 and 8:59 am on August 13, 1971.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-111, August 12, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-111 (accessed October 9, 2026).