President Nixon held a brief administrative call with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. While the specific nature of the request remains unrecorded, the interaction follows standard protocols for the President to initiate telephonic communications. No policy decisions or substantive political developments were documented during this short exchange.
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 an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-040 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-40 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:28 pm and 12:39 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-141]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.