President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On January 9, 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 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 312-5 Date: January 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 18-18]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.