President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this exchange.
On December 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 11:21 am and 11:25 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 310-20 Date: December 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:21 am and 11:25 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-97]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.