President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to John B. Connally. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose to facilitate communication between the President and the former Treasury Secretary. No further policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.
On September 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 9:02 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 778-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 778-3
Date: September 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:36 am and 9:02 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
(rev. Feb-24)
Request for a call to John B. ConnallyNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.