President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This administrative interaction serves as a precursor to a formal consultation between the President and the nation's top military official. No substantive policy discussions occur during this brief call-placement sequence.
On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-101 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 17-101 Date: December 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:52 am and 12:12 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 310-27] Request for a call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer
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