Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 7 › Conversation 007-121
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Sunday, August 15, 1971 · 9:44 PM–9:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 32 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a series of urgent telephone calls with key cabinet members following a wave of incoming requests. He specifically prioritized a conversation with Treasury Secretary John B. Connally, intending to address other officials in the sequence they had initially reached out. This administrative sequence served as a precursor to high-level discussions regarding the administration's economic agenda.
- John B. Connally
- Cabinet coordination
- Economic policy
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:44 pm and 9:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-121 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 7-121
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:44 pm and 9:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Telephone calls
-Dwight L. Chapin
-William P. Rogers
-John N. Mitchell
-David M. Kennedy
-James D. Hodgson
Request call to John B. Connally
Conversation
Conv. No. 7-161
No.(cont.)
7-122
Date: August 15, 1971
Time: 9:46 pm - 9:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John B. Connally.
Wage-price freeze speech
-Connally's reaction
-Effectiveness
-Paul A. Volcker
-Ronald L. Ziegler's office
-Television networks
-Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]
-Robert Pierpoint
-Daniel Schorr
-International economics
-Public understanding
-Press
-Wage-price lead
-Connally press conference
-The President's talk with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Timing
-Wall Street
-International monetary factor
-Peace
-Jobs
-Connally's press briefing
-Ziegler
-Haldeman
-Wage-price freeze
-International economy
-Psychology
-Connally's reaction
-Burden sharingAlso recorded on August 16, 1971
- 007-118 9:30 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:30 pm to 9:39 pm.
- 007-119 9:39 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:39 pm.
- 007-120 9:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone from 9:39 pm to 9:44 pm.
- 007-122 9:46 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 9:46 pm to 9:50 pm.
- 007-123 9:50 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:50 pm.
- 007-124 9:50 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:50 pm to 9:55 pm.
- 007-125 9:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:55 pm.
- 007-126 9:56 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 9:56 pm to 10:02 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 007-121, August 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-121 (accessed October 23, 2026).