President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator while working from the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange served to facilitate telephonic communication, as the operator assisted the President in placing or connecting an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or major strategic decisions occurred during this brief procedural contact.
On June 26, 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 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 343-40 Date: June 26, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:25 and 2:23 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 26-9]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.