President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a follow-up telephone call to connect him with another party. This brief interaction served as a functional bridge to facilitate executive communication during the workday. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On September 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 280-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 280-12 Date: September 23, 1971 Time: 12:58 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 9-140]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.