President Nixon contacted the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building to place a call. This brief exchange served administrative purposes related to the President's telecommunications needs. The interaction reflects the routine logistical operations of the White House internal switchboard.
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 340-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 340-4 Date: May 16, 1972 Time: 1:20 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator; the discontinuities in this conversation appear in the original recording. [See also Conversation No. 24-151]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.