President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a request regarding his communication schedule. The brief interaction resulted in the official cancellation of a previously placed telephone call request. No further policy or administrative actions were discussed during this brief exchange.
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 31-20
Date: October 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See conversation No. 354-27]
Cancellation of telephone call request
(rev. Oct-06)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.