Conversation 008-090

TapeTape 8StartSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:35 PMEndSunday, September 12, 1971 at 4:35 PMTape start time03:58:53Tape end time03:59:04ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorRecording deviceWhite House Telephone

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Hobart D. Lewis. The interaction served solely as a procedural request to initiate communication with the publisher. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.

Hobart D. LewisWhite House communicationsPresidential scheduling

On September 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 008-090 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 8-90

Date: September 12, 1971
Time: 4:35 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis

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Yes, please.
Could you get me Mr. Hobart Lewis, please?
Yes, sir.