President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to establish a line for an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this interaction.
On October 18, 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 7:03 pm and 7:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 369-18 Date: October 18, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:03 pm and 7:05 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-127]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.