President Nixon held a brief exchange with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The conversation functioned primarily as a logistical step to initiate contact with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant administrative decisions were recorded during this 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 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 311-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 311-6 Date: December 31, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 17-120]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.