President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party for undisclosed administrative or personal business. No substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief exchange.
On April 18, 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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 332-4
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:05 and 8:18 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 23-27]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.