President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. This brief interaction served administrative and logistical purposes to connect the President with another party. No policy discussions or significant substantive developments occurred during this short exchange.
On June 29, 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 11:27 am and 2:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 261-25 Date: June 29, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:27 am and 2:28 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 6-22]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.