President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief interaction focused on reaching another party, as the President utilized the operator to initiate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this short communication link-up.
On July 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 261-30 Date: July 1, 1971 Time: 2:11 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 6-78]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.