President Nixon spoke with the White House operator during a brief administrative interaction in his Old Executive Office Building workspace. The conversation functioned as a request for telephonic assistance, likely to facilitate an outgoing call or manage his communications. No policy decisions or substantive political discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On July 2, 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 4:25 pm and 4:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 260-11 Date: July 2, 1971 Time: Unknown between 4:25 pm and 4:27 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 6-96]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.