President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication. This brief administrative interaction served the purpose of establishing a connection for the President to conduct official business. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief bridge to a subsequent conversation.
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 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 353-20 Date: August 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 4:15 pm and 4:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 29-6]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.