President Nixon held a brief, procedural exchange with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. The interaction focused on the logistics of placing a telephone call through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief administrative contact.
On May 15, 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 8:18 pm and 9:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 339-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 339-8 Date: May 15, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:18 and 9:16 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-119]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.