President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an official communication. The primary purpose of the interaction was to place an outgoing call to Brigadier General James D. Hughes. No further substantive details regarding the conversation's content are available beyond this administrative request.
On September 7, 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 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 275-1
Date: September 7, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:00 pm and 12:16 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Brig. Gen. James D. ("Don") Hughes [?]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.