President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction was purely procedural, serving to connect the President with an unnamed third party. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On July 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 7-1 Date: July 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 3:07 pm and 7:37 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator.
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.