President Nixon initiates a brief, informal check-in with the White House operator, addressed as Bertie, to facilitate outgoing communications. The exchange serves as a routine administrative interaction typical of the President’s daily management of telephone access. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions occur during this brief contact.
On April 16, 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 10:30 am and 11:06 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 250-6 Date: April 16, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 11:06 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 42-53]
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