President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building on New Year's Eve. The exchange served as a logistical contact point, likely to facilitate an outgoing call or manage administrative communications. No further substantive policy matters or specific directives were recorded during this brief interaction.
On December 31, 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 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-4 Date: December 31, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-118]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.