Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-161
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Friday, May 19, 1972 · 3:25 PM–3:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to former Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The interaction serves as a brief logistical request to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and Connally. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short administrative exchange.
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NARA Description
On May 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:25 pm and 3:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-161 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-161
Date: May 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 339-30A]
Request for a call to John B. ConnallyAlso recorded on May 19, 1972
- 024-159 1:58 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
- 339-021 1:58 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:20 pm.
- 024-160 3:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 3:20 pm to 3:25 pm.
- 339-029 3:20 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:20 pm to 3:25 pm.
- 339-030 3:25 PM · 33 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:25 pm to 4:03 pm.
- 024-162 3:49 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:49 pm to 3:59 pm.
- 726-013 4:05 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert C. Byrd, John D. Ehrlichman, Clark MacGregor, White House photographer, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:05 pm to 4:13 pm.
- 101-010 4:13 PM · 1 hr 12 min — Richard M. Nixon and bipartisan Congressional leaders, including Clinton P. Anderson, Robert P. Griffin, Robert C. Byrd, Norris Cotton, J. William Fulbright, Warren G. ("Maggie") Magnuson, Michael J. ("Mike") Mansfield, John C. Stennis, John G. Tower, Milton R. Young, Page Belcher, Gerald R. Ford, Craig Hosmer, George H. Mahon, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Peter M. Flanigan, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, John A. Scali, William P. Rogers, Helmut ("Hal") Sonnenfeldt, the White House photographer, and members of the press, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 4:13 pm and 11:59 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-161, May 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-161 (accessed October 23, 2026).