President Nixon initiated a brief, perfunctory interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political strategy were addressed during this brief exchange. The conversation served only as a functional request to connect the President to another party.
On June 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 258-43 Date: June 23, 1971 Time: 3:05 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 5-143]
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