Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-015
Nixon phone call with Connally on Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.
Monday, July 31, 1972 · 5:32 PM–5:44 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec
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NARA Description
On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-15
Date: July 31, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:32 and 5:44 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator; John B. Connally can be heard in the
background.
[See Conversation No. 757-6A]
Request for a call to Joe D. Waggonner, Jr.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on July 31, 1972
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- 028-014 4:07 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
- 757-003 4:07 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
- 757-004 4:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:10 pm.
- 757-005 4:10 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 5:38 pm.
- 757-006 5:38 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:38 pm to 6:40 pm.
- 028-016 5:44 PM · 42 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 5:44 pm to 5:54 pm.
- 028-017 5:54 PM · 10 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 5:54 pm and 8:44 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-015, July 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-015 (accessed November 15, 2026).