Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-131

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally

Thursday, January 27, 1972 · 11:30 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-131 on Tape 19StartThursday, January 27, 1972 at 11:30 AMEndThursday, January 27, 1972 at 11:30 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-131 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and his cabinet member. This short interaction was preparatory to a more substantive discussion regarding executive branch business.

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Yes, sir.
Sergeant Connolly, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:30 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-131 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-131

Date: January 27, 1972
Time: 11:30 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 658-8]

     Request for a call to John B. Connally

Also recorded on January 27, 1972

  • 658-005 10:27 AM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard M. Scammon, Charles W. Colson, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:27 am to 11:12 am.
  • 658-006 11:12 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:13 am.
  • 658-007 11:13 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Maurice H. Stans, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter G. Peterson, Peter M. Flanigan, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:13 am to 11:24 am.
  • 658-035 11:24 AM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:24 am and 11:30 am.
  • 658-008 11:30 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:30 am.
  • 658-009 11:30 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, John B. Connally, unknown person(s), and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:30 am to 11:45 am.
  • 019-132 11:32 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:32 am to 11:41 am.
  • 658-010 11:47 AM · 1 hr 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles W. Colson, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:47 am to 1:03 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-131, January 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-131 (accessed October 12, 2026).