Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-116

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

Wednesday, April 12, 1972 · 11:22 AM–11:33 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-116 on Tape 22 (tape position 04:34:36–04:34:42)StartWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 11:22 AMEndWednesday, April 12, 1972 at 11:33 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-116 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to John B. Connally. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his former Treasury Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this short administrative interaction.

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Connolly, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-116 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-116

Date: April 12, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:33 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 707-9]

     Request for call to John B. Connally

Also recorded on April 12, 1972

  • 707-005 10:14 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, Gerald R. Ford, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:14 am to 10:26 am.
  • 707-006 10:26 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.
  • 707-007 10:26 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:26 am and 10:32 am.
  • 707-008 11:22 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am.
  • 707-009 11:22 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am.
  • 022-117 11:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 11:33 am to 11:36 am.
  • 707-010 11:33 AM · 2 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John B. Connally, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander P. Butterfield, Beverly J. Kaye, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:33 am to 1:40 pm.
  • 330-032 1:40 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:40 pm and 2:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-116, April 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-116 (accessed October 1, 2026).