President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish communication with an external party. No substantive policy matters or political developments were recorded during this brief connectivity 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 an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 342-22 Date: June 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:55 and 1:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 25-78]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.