President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate telephonic communications. The exchange focused on managing incoming or outgoing calls to support the President's daily workflow. No substantive policy discussions or significant strategic decisions were recorded during this brief connection.
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 1:33 pm and 2:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 343-5 Date: June 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:33 and 2:32 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 25-48] (rev. Jan-02)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.