President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate direct communication with the head of the State Department regarding ongoing foreign policy or diplomatic matters. No further substantive details are available due to the absence of a transcript.
On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 304-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 304-5 Date: October 25, 1971 Time: 2:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 12-112] 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.