President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate call, identified in the internal finding aids as Conversation 27-37. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On July 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 750-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 750-9 Date: July 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:09 pm and 4:10 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 27-37]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.