President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative coordination to establish communication with an unnamed third party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On May 26, 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 3:18 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 253-19 Date: May 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 3:18 pm and 3:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 3-137]
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