President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled interaction with a White House operator while working in the Old Executive Office Building. Although the specific substance of the exchange remains unrecorded, the interaction reflects the routine administrative communication required to manage telephonic operations during the President's evening hours. No substantive policy decisions or historical actions are documented as a result of this connection.
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 339-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 339-9 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. 24-120]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.