Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 42 › Conversation 042-032

Nixon phone call with Connally on George A. Lincoln and Clifford M. Hardin

Tuesday, April 13, 1971 · 4:25 PM–4:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Connally, John B.Conversation042-032 on Tape 42 (tape position 00:32:19–00:32:40)StartTuesday, April 13, 1971 at 4:25 PMEndTuesday, April 13, 1971 at 4:40 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 042-032 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417187819 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 13, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 42-32

Date: April 13, 1971
Time: Unknown between 4:25 pm and 4:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator; the President and John B. Connally can be
heard in the background.

[See Conversation No. 247-4C]

     Call to Gen. George A. Lincoln

[The President conferred with Connally at an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 4:40 pm]

     Forthcoming call to Lincoln
          -Clifford M. Hardin

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General Lincoln, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.
I said, I'll hand you the phone as soon as I tell him.
You just tell him what?
Because I talked to him on the phone this morning, and I don't know anything about it, but I said what he was doing.
But I want him to know exactly what to do.
It may be to harden...

Also recorded on April 13, 1971

  • 042-030 3:04 PM · 52 sec — George P. Shultz, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Julius Shiskin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:04 pm and 3:38 pm.
  • 042-031 3:53 PM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 3:53 pm to 3:54 pm.
  • 042-033 4:40 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Gen. George A. Lincoln, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 4:40 pm to 4:47 pm.
  • 042-034 6:00 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 6:01 pm.
  • 042-035 6:00 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 6:00 pm to 6:01 pm.
  • 247-005 6:00 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:00 pm.
  • 247-006 6:00 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:00 pm to 6:01 pm.
  • 247-007 6:01 PM · 12 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 6:01 pm and 6:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 042-032, April 13, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417187819). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-032 (accessed November 15, 2026).