Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-088
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 11:16 AM–12:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this interaction.
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NARA Description
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:16 am and 12:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-088 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 15-88
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 11:16 am and 12:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to John B. ConnallyAlso recorded on November 22, 1971
- 621-044 10:22 AM · 58 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 11:30 am.
- 015-083 10:51 AM · 1 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
- 015-084 10:51 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
- 015-085 10:56 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 10:56 am to 10:57 am.
- 015-086 11:00 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:15 am.
- 015-087 11:15 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:15 am to 11:16 am.
- 015-089 12:19 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Clark MacGregor, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:19 pm to 12:24 pm.
- 015-090 12:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 015-088, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-088 (accessed October 1, 2026).