President Nixon held a brief, informal interaction with a White House operator while working in the Executive Office Building. The exchange served as a routine check-in regarding the operator's current status and workload. No significant policy decisions or substantive governmental matters were addressed during this brief encounter.
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 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 298-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 298-37 Date: November 11, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:11 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-54]
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