President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes, as the President utilized the operator's services to initiate a call to a third party. No substantive policy matters or critical decision-making processes were documented during this short exchange.
On January 17, 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 2:43 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 315-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 315-5 Date: January 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:43 pm and 2:47 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 18-90]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.