President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative precursor to initiating communication with an external party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief operational exchange.
On January 11, 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 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 312-28 Date: January 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:49 pm and 4:02 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 18-67]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.