President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose to connect the President with an external party. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief logistical 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 11:52 am and 12:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 310-27 Date: December 26, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:52 am and 12:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-101]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.