President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with CIA Director Richard M. Helms. This administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step to facilitate a direct communication between the President and the intelligence chief. The conversation concludes once the request has been placed.
On April 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-108 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 22-108 Date: April 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 2:06 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 329-20] Request for call to Richard M. Helms
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