President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a phone call with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:23 am and 10:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 15-62 Date: November 20, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:23 am and 10:24 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 621-18F] Request for a call to John B. Connally
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.