Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-011
Nixon & Connally on Presidential Meetings
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 1:10 PM–1:15 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 22 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and John B. Connally met briefly to coordinate their schedules and logistics. The conversation primarily served to confirm that Connally had successfully traveled into town for the engagement. No substantive policy or political decisions were recorded during this short exchange.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 353-11 Date: August 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 1:15 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with John B. Connally. [See Conversation No. 29-1; one item has been withdrawn]
Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 029-069 12:20 PM · 11 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 353-008 12:20 PM · 13 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 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 353-009 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:37 pm.
- 353-010 12:40 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:40 pm to 1:10 pm.
- 029-001 1:10 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 353-012 1:15 PM · 13 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 1:15 pm and 2:24 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 353-011, 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/353-011 (accessed October 1, 2026).