President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange focused exclusively on administrative communication logistics. No substantive policy matters or further actions were recorded during this interaction.
On September 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 9:30 am and 9:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 784-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 784-2 Date: September 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:30 am and 9:33 am Location: Oval Office The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 30-12; one item has been withdrawn from this conversation]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.