President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to establish communication with the Secretary for pending administration business. No further substantive details are documented regarding the specific nature of the conversation between the President and the operator.
On October 26, 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 1:40 pm and 1:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 303-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 303-001 Date: October 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:40 pm and 1:41 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 13-11] Request for a call to William P. Rogers
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.