President Nixon held a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent conversation, as indicated by the cross-reference to a later recording. No substantive policy discussions or decision-making occurred during this brief logistical coordination.
On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-37 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: 12:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 17-139]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.