Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 12 › Conversation 012-094

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally

Friday, October 22, 1971 · 9:30 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation012-094 on Tape 12 (tape position 03:50:48–03:50:55)StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 9:30 PMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 9:30 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-094 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish a line of communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments took place during this brief administrative interaction.

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Can I take Connelly, please?
Yes, please.

On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-094 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 012-094

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: 9:30 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to John B. Connally
  • 012-089 9:13 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:13 pm.
  • 012-090 9:13 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm.
  • 012-091 9:13 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm.
  • 012-092 9:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:18 pm to 9:23 pm.
  • 012-093 9:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:25 pm.
  • 012-095 9:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 9:46 pm to 9:49 pm.
  • 012-096 9:52 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:52 pm.
  • 012-097 9:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:52 pm and 10:00 pm.

Conversation 012-094, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-094 (accessed October 12, 2026).