President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. This routine administrative request served to initiate a direct communication line between the President and Dean regarding undisclosed matters. The exchange resulted in the successful processing of the call request to the Counsel's office.
On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-163 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 37-163 Date: March 20, 1973 Time: 10:46 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 884-5] Request for a call to John W. Dean, III
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.