President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a specific telephone connection. The brief exchange focused on administrative communication logistics rather than policy matters. No major developments or substantive decisions were recorded during this interaction.
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 2:33 pm and 3:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 281-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 281-44 Date: October 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:33 pm and 3:53 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 12-41]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.