President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication with Patrick J. Buchanan. The conversation served exclusively as a procedural request to initiate this contact. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief interaction.
On October 12, 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 8:46 am and 9:19 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 288-9 Date: October 12, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:46 am and 9:19 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 11-50] Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.