President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to John Connally. The interaction serves as a functional administrative step to facilitate official communication between the President and the Secretary of the Treasury. No further substantive policy discussion or developments occur during this brief exchange.
On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:24 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 285-011 Date: October 7, 1971 Time: 10:24 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 10-113]
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