President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. The President specifically requested that the operator reach both the Senator and his wife, Sandra Mansfield. This brief administrative exchange served as the preparatory step for a personal or professional communication between the President and the Senate leadership.
On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-133 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 19-133 Date: January 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:03 pm and 2:10 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 658-12] Request for a call to Michael J. Mansfield
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