President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish communication with an external party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions were recorded during this brief logistical exchange.
On April 4, 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 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 329-8
Date: April 4, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:15 pm and 8:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 22-76]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.