President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to contact Hobart D. Lewis, the president and editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest. The primary purpose of this brief interaction was to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and the publishing executive. No substantive discussion occurred between the President and the operator, as the exchange served solely as an administrative step to connect the two parties.
On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:28 pm and 8:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-098 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 7-98
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:28 pm and 8:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Requested a call to Hobart D. LewisNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.