President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to businessman and political confidant Justin W. Dart in California. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to initiate communication with Dart. No further policy discussions or substantive matters were recorded during this connection.
On May 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:42 pm and 1:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-084 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 3-84 Date: May 20, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:42 pm and 1:44 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 502-13] Call to Justin W. Dart
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