President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Charles 'Chuck' Coulson of the Office of Drug Abuse Prevention. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an official policy discussion regarding federal drug initiatives. No further substantive dialogue occurs during this short segment before the connection is processed.
On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 354-9 Date: October 2, 1972 Time: 2:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 30-41]
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