President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion served primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
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 3:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 293-34 Date: November 22, 1971 Time: 3:44 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 15-96]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.