Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-136
Nixon phone call with Flanigan on Recruitment and Personnel appointments
Tuesday, November 16, 1971 · 1:17 PM–1:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed Peter M. Flanigan to recruit Walter N. Thayer and Hoyt Ammidon for administration positions. Nixon emphasized that both he and Treasury Secretary John B. Connally personally favored these candidates, directing Flanigan to apply significant pressure to secure their acceptance. Specifically, Ammidon was targeted for a role involving Japan, with Flanigan tasked to execute the outreach immediately.
- Recruitment
- Personnel appointments
- John B. Connally
- Walter N. Thayer
- Hoyt Ammidon
- Japan
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NARA Description
On November 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter M. Flanigan talked on the telephone from 1:17 pm to 1:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-136 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 14-136
Date: November 16, 1971
Time: 1:17 pm - 1:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Peter M. Flanigan
The President talked with Flanigan.
[See Conversation No. 619-28G]
Walter N. Thayer
-Forthcoming meeting with Flanigan
-Thayer's possible role with administration
-John B. Connally's view
Hoyt Ammidon
-Forthcoming meeting with Flanigan
-Ammidon's possible role with administration
-Connally's viewAlso recorded on November 16, 1971
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 014-136, November 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/014-136 (accessed October 1, 2026).