Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 9 › Conversation 009-089
Connally phone call on Department of the Treasury and Rose M. Cicala
Monday, September 20, 1971 · 10:50 AM–11:23 AM ET · White House Telephone · 16 sec
AI Summary
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally initiated a call through the White House operator to facilitate a connection to his office at the Department of the Treasury. The primary purpose of the communication was to reach his staff member, Rose M. Cicala. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.
- John B. Connally
- Department of the Treasury
- Rose M. Cicala
- Administrative support
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NARA Description
On September 20, 1971, John B. Connally and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:23 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-089 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 9-89
Date: September 20, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:50 am and 11:23 am
Location: White House Telephone
John B. Connally talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 576-8B]
Request for call to Rose M. CicalaAlso recorded on September 20, 1971
- 576-008 9:52 AM · 1 hr 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, John R. Petty, Romana A. Banuelos, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:52 am to 11:27 am.
- 009-088 10:03 AM · 11 sec — John B. Connally and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:50 am.
- 009-090 10:50 AM · 3 min — John B. Connally and John R. Petty talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:23 am.
- 009-091 10:50 AM · 10 sec — John B. Connally and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 am and 11:23 am.
- 009-092 11:23 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:59 am.
- 576-009 11:27 AM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:27 am and 11:32 am.
- 576-010 11:32 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry G. Cisneros, Peter W. Cook, Robert A. Dey, Antoinette Ford, Stephen J. Gage, Franklin R. Gannon, John S. Grinalds, Glen R. Kendall, John M. Maurice, Terence D. McCann, Rogert C. McFarlane, Michael S. Noling, Deanell Reece, Martin E. Seneca, Jr., Richard E. Stephenson, Brandon W. Sweitzer, Arthur E. Dewey, Frederick Tentschler, Frederic V. Malek, Stephen B. Bull, and Oliver F. ("Ollie") Atkins met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:32 am to 11:47 am.
- 576-011 11:47 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, John N. Mitchell, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 12:01 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 009-089, September 20, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-089 (accessed October 12, 2026).