President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate communication services. The discussion was limited to routine operational matters necessary for the President to place or manage outgoing calls from the Executive Office Building. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this exchange.
On January 1, 1972, 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 10:29 am and 10:57 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-13 Date: January 1, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:29 am and 10:57 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-124]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.