President Nixon initiated a call to the White House operator to facilitate a communication with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with the Vice President for further deliberation. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.
On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:04 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 26-27 Date: June 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:04 and 11:07 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 744-5] Request for a call to Spiro T. Agnew
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.