President Richard Nixon initiated a telephone call through the White House operator, but the communication attempt proved unsuccessful. The recording consists solely of the administrative effort to establish a connection before the call was terminated. No substantive policy matters or further developments occurred during this brief interaction.
President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 8:00 pm on March 20, 1972 and 1:03 pm on March 21, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-134 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 21-134 Date: Unknown between March 20, 1972 and March 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:00 pm, March 20 and 1:03 pm, March 21 Location: White House Telephone The President attempted to place a call with the White House operator. [Aborted telephone call]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.