President Nixon interacts with the White House operator in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate telephonic communication. This brief engagement serves as a routine administrative coordination to place a call. No substantive policy matters or political strategy were captured in this exchange.
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 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 252-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 252-15 Date: April 28, 1971 Time: Unknown between 3:57 pm and 4:33 pm Location: Executive Office Building [See Conversation No. 42-67]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.