President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused exclusively on establishing a telephonic connection to a secondary party. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
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 7:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 277-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 277-29 Date: September 15, 1971 Time: 7:23 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 9-31]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.