President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with a specific party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this connection.
On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 352-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 352-7 Date: July 26, 1972 Time: 5:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 27-90]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.