President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephonic communication. The interaction focused on the logistics of placing a specific call, serving as a routine administrative coordination between the President and the switchboard staff. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On June 12, 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 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 343-13 Date: June 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:45 and 2:52 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 25-54]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.