Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-158

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John Connally

Saturday, January 29, 1972 · 8:24 AM–8:35 AM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-158 on Tape 19StartSaturday, January 29, 1972 at 8:24 AMEndSaturday, January 29, 1972 at 8:35 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-158 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417192635 ↗

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NARA Description

On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-158 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-158

Date: January 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:24 am and 8:35 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 660-2]

     Request for a call to Idanell B. (“Nellie”) Connally

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Could you get Mrs. Connolly, please, the wife of the Secretary of Treasury?
Surely.
Thank you.

Also recorded on January 29, 1972

  • 660-001 8:24 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am.
  • 660-002 8:24 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am.
  • 660-003 8:24 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:24 am and 8:35 am.
  • 019-159 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
  • 660-004 8:35 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Idanell ("Nellie") (Brill) Connally met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:35 am to 8:50 am.
  • 019-160 8:50 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:50 am.
  • 660-005 8:50 AM · 27 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:50 am.
  • 660-006 8:50 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:50 am to 9:00 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-158, January 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417192635). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-158 (accessed November 5, 2026).