President Nixon initiated a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The President requested that the operator place a call to an unidentified party, continuing his standard administrative procedure for managing official communications. This exchange served as a logistical step in the President's evening workflow.
On April 28, 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 9:30 pm and 9:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 252-26 Date: April 28, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:30 pm and 9:35 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 42-74]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.