President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate outgoing telephone communications. This routine interaction served as a logistical bridge, allowing the President to initiate contact with other parties as part of his daily executive duties. No specific policy decisions or substantive discussions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On October 24, 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 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 373-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 373-13 Date: October 24, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-19] [See Conversation No. 32-20]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.