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On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 10:05 am to 10:18 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-151 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with the White House operator. John B. Connally The President talked with Connally. [See Conversation No. 620-7] National economy - Connally's speech in New York City, November 16 - New York Times coverage - Questions - Crowd - Size - Nikita S. Khrushchev - Location -[James] Harold Wilson - John F. Kennedy - Questions - Vice President of Morgan Guaranty - Vice President of Lone Star Industries - Subjects - Schedule - Gabriel Hauge - Charles W. Colson - Unknown Newhouse reporter - Press coverage - Washington Post - New York Times - Post - Unknown reporter - Headline - Wire services - Associated Press [AP] - Tone and content - Connally's subsequent meeting - Head of New York Life - Head of Western Union - Head of Union Carbide - Head of J.C. Penney - Howard L. Clark of American Express - Business uncertainty - Labor - The President's schedule - American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL- CIO] convention - Pay Board - Reception - Effect - Possible remarks - Pay Board Connally's schedule - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's conversation with Connally's secretary - Europe The President's schedule - Possible trip to Florida Arthur F. Burns Peter G. Peterson - Role with administration - Meeting with Pierre- Paul Schweitzer - Burns - Role with administration - Maurice H. Stans - Resignation Preparation of international economic policy - Connally - George P. Shultz - Henry A. Kissinger - Shultz - Herbert Stein and Paul W. McCracken - Connally The President's schedule - Quadriad - Shultz - Burns - Convertibility of gold International Economic Policy - Kissinger's meeting with the Earl of Cromer [George R.S. Baring] - Connally's schedule The President's schedule - Foreign visits and visitors - Latin America - France, Germany, Britain - Location - Timing - International Economic Policy - William P. Rogers and Connally - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO], Peoples Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union - Latin America - Panama - Argentina Connally's schedule - Shultz and Kissinger - International economic policy - Burns - Previous meeting at Camp David. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Connally, John B.