Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-030
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John B. Connally
Thursday, April 26, 1973 · 10:02 PM ET · White House Telephone · 15 sec
AI Summary
A White House operator relayed a message from H.R. Haldeman to President Nixon regarding a failed attempt to contact John B. Connally. The brief exchange served to update the President on the status of his efforts to reach the former Treasury Secretary. No further action items or substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief communication.
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NARA Description
On April 26, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 45-30
Date: April 26, 1973
Time: 10:02 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman’s message concerning John B. ConnallyAlso recorded on April 27, 1973
- 045-025 7:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:14 pm.
- 045-026 7:14 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:14 pm and 7:44 pm.
- 045-027 7:44 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Richard G. Kleindienst, and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone from 7:44 pm to 8:02 pm.
- 431-010 9:03 PM · 43 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 9:03 pm and 9:47 pm.
- 045-028 9:47 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:47 pm and 9:57 pm.
- 045-029 9:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 9:57 pm to 9:59 pm.
- 045-031 10:02 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:02 pm and 10:07 pm.
- 045-032 10:07 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:07 pm to 10:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 045-030, April 27, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-030 (accessed October 5, 2026).