President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator Barry M. Goldwater. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent substantive policy discussion between the two men. No further conversation occurred during this specific recording segment.
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-062 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 10-62 Date: October 6, 1971 Time: 8:05 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 283-9] Request for a call to Barry M. Goldwater
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