President Nixon initiated a brief communication with a White House operator while located in his office at the Old Executive Office Building. The exchange served as a routine administrative interaction to facilitate telephonic connectivity. No significant policy decisions or substantive political discussions were recorded during this brief connection.
On August 8, 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 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 363-2 Date: August 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:31 pm and 12:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 29-45]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.