President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with an external party. No substantive policy matters or critical decisions were documented during this brief connection.
On October 25, 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 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 372-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 372-29 Date: October 25, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:30 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-37]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.