President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with J. Curtis Counts, the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The purpose of the call was to initiate a conversation with the mediator regarding ongoing labor relations or industrial disputes. No further discussion occurred during this brief request for the operator's assistance.
On July 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:47 pm and 2:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-174 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 6-174 Date: July 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 2:53 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 264-13] Call to J. Curtis Counts
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