President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a logistical administrative purpose to connect the President with an external party. No policy decisions or substantive discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 338-29 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 12:31 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 24-58]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.