President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to White House operator to be connected with John W. Dean III. This interaction serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his legal counsel during the intensifying Watergate investigation. No further substantive discussion occurs between the President and the operator.
On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-083 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 38-83 Date: April 17, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:19 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See also Conversation No. 898-1] Telephone call to John W. Dean, III
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