President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton. The brief interaction serves solely as a logistical bridge to facilitate this high-level communication. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief exchange.
On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-107 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 18-107 Date: January 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:54 pm and 2:58 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 313-13] Request for a call to Rogers C. B. Morton
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