Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-101

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

Monday, November 15, 1971 · 9:45 AM–10:03 AM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-101 on Tape 14 (tape position 03:18:55–03:19:03)StartMonday, November 15, 1971 at 9:45 AMEndMonday, November 15, 1971 at 10:03 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-101 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Treasury Secretary. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for a connection.

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NARA Description

On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:03 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-101 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 14-101

Date: November 15, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:45 am and 10:03 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 618-11A]

     Request for a call to John B. Connally

Also recorded on November 15, 1971

  • 618-007 8:30 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:35 am.
  • 618-008 8:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 8:40 am.
  • 618-009 8:40 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:40 am and 8:54 am.
  • 618-010 8:40 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:40 am and 8:54 am.
  • 618-011 8:54 AM · 1 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:54 am to 10:20 am.
  • 014-102 10:03 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:03 am to 10:05 am.
  • 618-012 10:20 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:24 am.
  • 618-013 10:24 AM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:24 am to 11:01 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 014-101, November 15, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-101 (accessed October 12, 2026).