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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Flanigan, Peter M.Conversation014-136 on Tape 14 (tape position 04:07:05–04:07:29)StartTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 1:17 PMEndTuesday, November 16, 1971 at 1:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-136 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190803 ↗

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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.

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 view

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Hello.
Yes, sir.
Yeah, go ahead with Walter Thayer.
I will do it this afternoon.
Fine, and tell him that Connolly wants him and I want him, and he ought to take the job.
I will do it.
Fine.
Hard sell as I can.
Fine, and go ahead with Hoyt Amidon for Japan.
Yes, sir.
Tell him that Connolly and I want him, okay?
Yes, sir.
Good deal.
I'll do it.
Thank you.
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Conversation 014-136, November 16, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190803). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-136 (accessed November 15, 2026).