President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative check-in with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange focused on telephonic connectivity and the management of incoming or outgoing communications. No policy matters or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.
On March 19, 1973, 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 5:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 420-23 Date: March 19, 1973 Time: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 5:03 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 37-156]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.