President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this exchange. The primary purpose of the contact was to manage the President's telecommunications needs.
On June 27, 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 9:10 pm and 9:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 345-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 345-5 Date: June 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:10 and 9:44 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 26-21]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.