President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or strategic discussions occur during this brief exchange.
On October 21, 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 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 281-36 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:55 pm and 1:57 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 12-39]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.