President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a routine administrative step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On September 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 579-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 579-12 Date: September 28, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:51 pm and 5:53 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 10-15]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.