President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate communication with another party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this exchange.
On July 20, 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 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 349-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 349-5 Date: July 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 2:02 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 27-21]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.