President Nixon consulted with a White House operator in his Old Executive Office Building suite to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief interaction focused on the logistics of connecting the President to a specific, unnamed party. No substantive policy or political developments occurred during this administrative exchange.
On June 21, 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 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 343-20 Date: June 21, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:15 and 3:30 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 25-107]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.