President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The exchange serves as a routine administrative step to reach another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occur during this short bridge in the recording.
On November 14, 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 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 296-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 296-1 Date: November 14, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-86]
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