President Nixon held a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent, more substantive discussion documented in a separate recording. No policy decisions or policy-related developments occurred during this brief procedural communication.
On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 335-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 335-6 Date: May 3, 1972 Time: 12:41 pm. Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 23-132]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.