President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The exchange serves as a standard administrative procedure for the President to place an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this short communication.
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 an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:16 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 338-8 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:12 and 11:16 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-39]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.