President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate contact with another party. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this interaction.
On November 17, 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 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 293-23 Date: November 22, 1971 Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 15-90]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.