President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate outgoing telephonic communications from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. These brief interactions served as administrative exchanges to connect the President with other parties. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during these recorded instances.
On June 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 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 258-29 Date: June 16, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:36 pm and 8:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 5-104] Conversation Conv. No. 258-27 No. 258-30 (cont.) Date: June 16, 1971 Time: 8:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President [See Conversation No. 5-105]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.