Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 16 › Conversation 016-081
Nixon phone call with Connally on Arthur F. Burns and Economic policy
Friday, December 10, 1971 · 4:27 PM–4:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally to facilitate a conversation with Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns. The primary purpose of the call is to secure an immediate consultation with Burns regarding ongoing economic policy matters. Nixon directs the coordination of this contact to ensure direct communication with the Fed leadership.
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NARA Description
On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:27 pm and 4:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-081 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 16-81
Date: December 10, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:27 pm and 4:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
The President conferred with an unknown person [John B. Connally?].
[See Conversation No. 636-8B]
Request for a call to Arthur F. BurnsAlso recorded on December 10, 1971
- 636-005 4:05 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:07 pm.
- 086-002 4:07 PM · 6 min — during the Signing of the Revenue Act of 1971 (HR 10847), President Richard M. Nixon, Russell B. Long, Wallace F. Bennett, Clinton P. Anderson, Herman E. Talmadge, Carl T. Curtis, Jack R. Miller, Robert P. Griffin, Wilbur D. Mills, John W. Byrnes, Jackson E. Betts, Charles J. Chamberlain, Herman T. Schneebeli, Al Ullman, James E. Smith, Larry Woodworth, Thomas Vail, John B. Martin, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Warren McEleney met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:18 pm.
- 636-007 4:07 PM · 15 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:18 pm.
- 636-013 4:07 PM · 27 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:07 pm and 4:18 pm.
- 636-008 4:18 PM · 52 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:18 pm to 5:11 pm.
- 016-080 4:20 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Walter H. Annenberg, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:20 pm to 4:27 pm.
- 016-082 4:36 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arthur F. Burns talked on the telephone from 4:36 pm to 4:42 pm.
- 016-083 4:42 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:42 pm and 5:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 016-081, December 10, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-081 (accessed October 5, 2026).