President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled interaction with a White House operator while working in his Old Executive Office Building suite. As no transcript or specific subject matter exists for this brief exchange, it remains categorized as a routine administrative or logistical communication. No policy decisions, political strategies, or substantive developments were recorded during this encounter.
On January 2, 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 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-045 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-45 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-145]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.