President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding a sensitive personal matter involving an unidentified third party. The dialogue focuses on the apparent impossibility of reconciling a strained relationship. No policy decisions were made, as the exchange remained restricted to the President's informal interpersonal concerns.
On September 22, 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 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 279-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 279-23 Date: September 22, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 4:53 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 9-119]
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