President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange serves as a routine administrative step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this short connection.
On August 8, 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 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 363-19 Date: August 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 5:05 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 29-62]
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