President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to John B. Connally. This brief administrative exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the former Treasury Secretary. No further substantive discussion occurs during this interaction.
On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-139 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 23-139 Date: May 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:35 and 3:43 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 335-18] Request for a call to John B. Connally
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