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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-103 on Tape 18 (tape position 05:01:30–05:01:36)StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 2:40 PMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 3:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-103 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally through the White House operator. This brief administrative interaction serves as the bridge to facilitate a direct policy discussion between the President and the Secretary. No further deliberation occurs during this connection phase.

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Secretary Connolly, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

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. Connally

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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-103 (accessed September 29, 2026).