Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-013
Nixon & Connally on White House Tapes and Executive Office Building
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 2:24 PM–2:27 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 26 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with John B. Connally for a brief exchange in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording is incomplete and consists primarily of introductory greetings, providing no substantial policy discussions or administrative decisions. Consequently, the meeting remains a fragmented, non-substantive record of a private interaction between the two men.
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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 from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 353-13 Date: August 3, 1972 Time: 2:24 pm -2:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with John B. Connally. [See Conversation No. 29-2; one item has been withdrawn]
Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 029-002 2:24 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:24 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 029-003 2:27 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-014 2:27 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-015 2:27 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-016 2:27 PM · 8 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 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 353-017 2:27 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:30 pm.
- 029-004 2:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Dwayne O. Andreas talked on the telephone from 2:30 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 353-018 2:30 PM · 45 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Dwayne O. Andreas, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:30 pm to 4:15 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 353-013, 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/353-013 (accessed October 1, 2026).