{"conversationCode":"014-136","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":136,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-136","startDateTime":"1971-11-16T18:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-16T18:18:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Nov-1971","startTime":"1:17 PM","endDate":"16-Nov-1971","endTime":"1:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Flanigan, Peter M.;","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.","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. 14-136\n\nDate: November 16, 1971\nTime: 1:17 pm - 1:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Peter M. Flanigan\n\nThe President talked with Flanigan.\n\n[See Conversation No. 619-28G]\n\n     Walter N. Thayer\n          -Forthcoming meeting with Flanigan\n                -Thayer's possible role with administration\n                     -John B. Connally's view\n\n     Hoyt Ammidon\n          -Forthcoming meeting with Flanigan\n                -Ammidon's possible role with administration\n                    -Connally's view","filename":["014-136.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:07:05","tapeEnd":"04:07:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Flanigan, Peter M."],"prevCode":"014-135","nextCode":"014-137","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.4,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.22,"end":6.12,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.6,"end":9.03,"text":"Yeah, go ahead with Walter Thayer."},{"start":9.27,"end":10.05,"text":"I will do it this afternoon."},{"start":10.07,"end":14,"text":"Fine, and tell him that Connolly wants him and I want him, and he ought to take the job."},{"start":14.34,"end":15.16,"text":"I will do it."},{"start":15.18,"end":15.34,"text":"Fine."},{"start":15.52,"end":16.34,"text":"Hard sell as I can."},{"start":16.62,"end":19.21,"text":"Fine, and go ahead with Hoyt Amidon for Japan."},{"start":19.55,"end":19.79,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":19.85,"end":22.25,"text":"Tell him that Connolly and I want him, okay?"},{"start":22.27,"end":22.55,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":22.85,"end":23.14,"text":"Good deal."},{"start":23.16,"end":23.6,"text":"I'll do it."},{"start":23.62,"end":24.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Recruitment","Personnel appointments","John B. Connally","Walter N. Thayer","Hoyt Ammidon","Japan"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:08:57.611Z"},"topicSlugs":["recruitment","personnel-appointments","john-b-connally","walter-n-thayer","hoyt-ammidon","japan"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-136.mp3","bytes":780487,"durationSec":24.28,"bitrate":257202,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-136.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-136","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-136","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}