President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Mrs. Ralph Bunche in New York. The exchange served as a procedural request to facilitate communication between the President and the spouse of the recently deceased diplomat and United Nations official. No further policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 16-65 Date: December 9, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:04 am and 9:12 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 633-1A] Request for a call to Ruth H. Bunche
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