Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 14 › Conversation 014-149

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

Wednesday, November 17, 1971 · 9:59 AM–10:05 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation014-149 on Tape 14 (tape position 04:31:59–04:32:06)StartWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 9:59 AMEndWednesday, November 17, 1971 at 10:05 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 014-149 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417190829 ↗

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On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-149 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 14-149

Date: November 17, 1971
Time: Unknown between 9:59 am and 10:05 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 620-4]

     Request for a call to John B. Connally

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Thank you, sir.
  • 620-002 9:55 AM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:59 am.
  • 014-150 9:59 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am.
  • 620-003 9:59 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am.
  • 620-004 9:59 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am.
  • 620-005 9:59 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am.
  • 620-006 9:59 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:59 am and 10:05 am.
  • 014-151 10:05 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:05 am to 10:18 am.
  • 620-007 10:05 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:05 am to 10:18 am.

Conversation 014-149, November 17, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417190829). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-149 (accessed November 15, 2026).