President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to initiate contact with another party. No substantive policy discussions or complex developments occurred during this connection.
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:11 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 725-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 725-20
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:11 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 24-147]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.