President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange, which was primarily functional in nature.
On September 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 279-30 Date: September 22, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 9-123]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.