President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication. The exchange served primarily as an administrative bridge to initiate a separate call to an unnamed party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief interaction.
On March 24, 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 2:06 pm and 2:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 326-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 326-21 Date: March 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 2:22 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 22-19]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.