President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Senator Margaret Chase Smith. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive details regarding the purpose or outcome of the conversation were recorded in this brief exchange.
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-075 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 25-75 Date: June 20, 1972 Time: 12:46 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 342-17] Request for a call to Margaret Chase Smith
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.