President Nixon initiates a brief administrative communication with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The interaction serves as a functional request to connect with another party, highlighting the standard logistical procedures used by the President to manage official correspondence. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded in this brief exchange.
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 342-17 Date: June 20, 1972 Time: 12:46 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 25-75]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.