President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Caspar Weinberger. This interaction served purely as an administrative step to connect the President with a key member of the Office of Management and Budget. No further policy discussions or substantive developments were recorded during this brief exchange.
On August 3, 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 3:55 pm and 4:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 270-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 270-5
Date: August 3, 1971
Time: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Caspar W. (“Cap”) WeinbergerNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.