President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with a specific party. No policy decisions or substantive political discussions were recorded during this brief technical 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 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 277-17 Date: September 15, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:33 pm and 2:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 9-24]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.