President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction served as a functional exchange to facilitate telephonic connectivity, though the specific nature of the subsequent call remains unrecorded. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this brief administrative bridge.
On October 6, 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 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 354-27 Date: October 6, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:27 pm and 2:28 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-20]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.