President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The interaction served as a logistical administrative bridge to reach an external party. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this brief telephonic coordination.
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 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 260-20 Date: July 2, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:33 pm and 5:39 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 6-102]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.