President Nixon initiated a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate a connection to another party. This exchange served as a routine administrative step in managing presidential correspondence and scheduling. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.
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 11:32 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 338-15 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: 11:32 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-43]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.