Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 29 › Conversation 029-002
Nixon phone call with Connally on Diplomacy and White House communication
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 2:24 PM–2:27 PM ET · White House Telephone · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon spoke with John B. Connally following the latter's return from a diplomatic mission abroad. The discussion remained brief and informal, primarily serving to exchange greetings after Connally’s travels. No substantive policy decisions or strategic objectives were recorded in this segment of the conversation.
- Diplomacy
- John B. Connally
- White House communication
- Presidential relations
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 29-2
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 2:24-2:27 pm
Location: White House Telephone
John B. Connally talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 353-13]
Greetings
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 3m 32s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
*****************************************************************Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 353-013 2:24 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 029-003 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-014 2:27 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-015 2:27 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-016 2:27 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-017 2:27 PM · 9 sec — 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-004 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 353-018 2:30 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwayne O. Andreas, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 029-002, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).