President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On November 17, 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 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 293-3 Date: November 17, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 1:26 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-152]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.