President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as a routing request to connect the President with a member of his staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during the exchange.
On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:49 am and 10:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-137 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 032-137
Date: November 2, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:49 am and 10:50 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation no. 376-23]
Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.