President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to initiate a telephone connection. The brief exchange serves as a procedural prelude to a subsequent communication, identified as a follow-up to a related conversation. No substantive policy or political discussions occur during this short administrative interaction.
On April 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 249-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 249-27 Date: April 15, 1971 Time: Unknown between 6:20 pm and 6:21 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 42-51]
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