President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a bridge to initiate a separate, substantive conversation recorded elsewhere. No further policy or administrative developments occurred during this brief exchange.
On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:17 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 601-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 601-18 Date: October 23, 1971 Time: 12:17 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 12-107]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.