President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party for official communications. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
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 10:16 am and 10:31 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 288-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 288-15 Date: October 12, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:16 am and 10:31 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 11-58]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.