President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific substance of the exchange remains unrecorded, the interaction reflects the President's routine engagement with his administrative staff to facilitate external connectivity. No substantive policy decisions or administrative directives resulted from this brief operational interaction.
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 4:01 pm and 4:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 260-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 260-4 Date: July 2, 1971 Time: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:08 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 6-90]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.