President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This exchange served a purely logistical purpose, functioning as a routine request for telephone connectivity. No policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief interaction.
On August 3, 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 11:49 am and 12:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 353-4 Date: August 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 12:10 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 28-54]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.