President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation functioned primarily as a routine telephonic connection process. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this 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 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-53 Date: January 2, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:07 pm and 6:35 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 17-149]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.