President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange served a routine operational purpose, allowing the President to initiate a connection through the executive switchboard system. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions took place during this short administrative engagement.
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 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 299-8 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:34 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-13]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.