President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a administrative step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On November 10, 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 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 299-5 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:33 pm and 2:27 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-11]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.