President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a technical step in managing the President's communications during his time in the Executive Office Building. No substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On September 15, 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 11:15 am and 11:59 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 277-4 Date: September 15, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:15 am and 11:59 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 9-14]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.