President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a communication request. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party for an official call. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.
On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 323-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 323-13 Date: March 13, 1972 Time: 6:28 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 21-61]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.