President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief logistical exchange.
On November 11, 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 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 297-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 297-4 Date: November 11, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:19 pm and 8:24 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 14-77]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.