President Nixon initiates a brief administrative communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The recording functions as a technical bridge or coordination effort, facilitating a subsequent conversation recorded under a separate identifier. No substantial policy matters or executive decisions are documented within this short interaction.
On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-047 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 332-47
Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 1:48 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 23-66]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.