President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. The exchange serves as a logistical bridge to manage the President's internal switchboard operations. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this short administrative interaction.
On June 14, 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 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 258-9 Date: June 14, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:19 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 5-69]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.