President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This communication served to connect the President with another party, though the specific individual he sought to reach remains unidentified. The exchange functioned solely as a logistical step in the President's daily workflow.
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 an unknown time between 5:01 pm and 6:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 261-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 261-41 Date: July 1, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:10 pm and 6:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 6-83]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.