Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-081

Kissinger phone call on John B. Connally and Telephone coordination

Tuesday, January 25, 1972 · 10:10 PM–10:17 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; White House operatorConversation019-081 on Tape 19StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 10:10 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 10:17 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-081 ↗

AI Summary

Henry A. Kissinger contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The operator reported an inability to reach Connally immediately and indicated that efforts were underway to locate him. Kissinger decided to conclude the exchange, opting to wait for the operator to initiate a callback once Connally was available.

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There's no answer at this moment.
His operator is trying to locate it.
I'll call you back.

NARA Description

On January 25, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 pm and 10:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-081 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-81

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:10 pm and 10:l7 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.

     Status of call to John B. Connally
          -Connally's operator

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 019-080 10:03 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 10:03 pm to 10:10 pm.
  • 019-082 10:10 PM · 16 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 pm and 10:17 pm.
  • 019-083 10:10 PM · 12 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 pm and 10:17 pm.
  • 019-084 10:10 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 pm and 10:17 pm.
  • 019-085 10:10 PM · 10 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 pm and 10:17 pm.
  • 019-086 10:10 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 pm and 10:17 pm.
  • 019-087 10:17 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:17 pm to 10:24 pm.
  • 019-088 10:24 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-081, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-081 (accessed October 6, 2026).