President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served the administrative purpose of connecting the President to an external party. No significant policy discussions occurred during this exchange.
On April 21, 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 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 252-6 Date: April 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 42-64]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.