President Nixon instructs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Deputy Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. This brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a key Justice Department official. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this short administrative interaction.
On May 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:22 pm and 4:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-075 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 2-75 Date: May 4, 1971 Time: Unknown between 4:22 pm and 4:27 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 490-24E] Call to Richard G. Kleindienst
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