President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative precursor to connecting the President with another party. No policy decisions or substantive discussions took place during this brief exchange.
On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:53 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 338-20 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:53 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-49]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.