Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-103
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 2:40 PM–3:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec
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On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-103 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-103
Date: January 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 650-13A]
Request for a call to John B. ConnallyTranscript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on January 18, 1972
- 650-012 12:34 PM · 1 hr 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Gerald R. Ford, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr., and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:34 pm to 2:29 pm.
- 018-102 12:41 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, [Thomas] Hale Boggs, Gerald R. Ford, and Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill, Jr. talked on the telephone from 12:41 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 650-013 2:30 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander P. Butterfield, White House operator, Zosimo T. Monzon, and John B. Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:30 pm to 3:42 pm.
- 018-104 3:28 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:28 pm to 3:29 pm.
- 650-014 3:42 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:45 pm.
- 650-015 3:45 PM · 7 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:45 pm.
- 018-105 4:12 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:12 pm.
- 019-001 4:12 PM · 52 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 4:12 pm and 5:23 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-103, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192299). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-103 (accessed November 13, 2026).