President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to reach another party, though the specific recipient remains unrecorded. This exchange highlights the routine administrative procedures required for the President to initiate high-level communications from his office.
On May 8, 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 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 336-035 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 336-35 Date: May 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:57 and 5:23 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-14] (rev. Nov-01)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.