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Conversation 002-070

TapeTape 2StartThursday, April 29, 1971 at 10:50 PMEndThursday, April 29, 1971 at 10:57 PMTape start time02:38:33Tape end time02:38:40ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot L. Richardson. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to connect the President with a high-level cabinet official for an unspecified matter. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for operator assistance.

Elliot L. RichardsonCabinet communicationWhite House operationsPresidential scheduling
AudioNARA Description

On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:50 pm and 10:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-070 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-70

Date: April 29, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:50 pm and 10:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Call to Elliot L. Richardson
Transcript (AI-Generated)

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Yes please.
Yes, that's better.
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