President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with a specific, yet unnamed, party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this brief administrative exchange.
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 5:20 pm and 5:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 275-24 Date: September 7, 1971 Time: Unknown time between 5:20 pm and 5:32 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 8-37]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.