{"conversationCode":"010-047","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-047","startDateTime":"1971-10-05T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-05T21:21:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"5-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Connally, John B.;","description":"On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:20 pm to 5:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-047 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 10-47\n\nDate: October 5, 1971\nTime: 5:20 pm - 5:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 585-15A]\n     John B. Connally\n\nJohn B. Connally talked with the President between 5:20 pm and 5:21 pm.\n\n     Appreciation to President\n         -Novelty money from the Veterans of Foreign Wars [VFW]","filename":["010-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:32:21","tapeEnd":"01:32:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Connally, John B."],"prevCode":"010-046","nextCode":"010-048","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":1.7,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.96,"end":3,"text":"Secretary Connolly, sir?"},{"start":3.06,"end":3.5,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.42,"end":4.72,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.88,"end":5.49,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":5.5,"end":5.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.03,"end":9.39,"text":"I didn't thank you, which I now want to do for sending them my way."},{"start":9.45,"end":12.08,"text":"If you hadn't suggested they come, I wouldn't have had this."},{"start":12.16,"end":12.48,"text":"I know."},{"start":12.74,"end":14.5,"text":"And I appreciate you thanking me."},{"start":14.52,"end":15.04,"text":"I figured it."},{"start":15.06,"end":17.57,"text":"I figured I didn't want to get 500 bucks without your getting it."},{"start":17.59,"end":21.24,"text":"Well, you're very thoughtful and very kind to share this with me, and I'm grateful."},{"start":21.44,"end":21.84,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.92,"end":23.44,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally exchanged brief pleasantries regarding novelty currency received from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Connally initiated the call to express personal gratitude to the President for facilitating the gift. The exchange served as a social gesture between the two officials rather than a substantive policy discussion.","topics":["John B. Connally","Veterans of Foreign Wars","Gift giving","Political etiquette","Novelty currency"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:06:55.218Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","veterans-of-foreign-wars","gift-giving","political-etiquette","novelty-currency"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-047.mp3","bytes":562990,"durationSec":23.4,"bitrate":192472,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.039Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}