President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with Secretary George W. Romney. The conversation is strictly logistical, serving as a functional request to reach the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this brief interaction.
On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:21 pm and 4:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-117 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 19-117 Date: January 26, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:21 pm and 4:23 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 318-6] Request for a call to George W. Romney
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