President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator in the Executive Office Building. The exchange served as a logistical contact point, likely to facilitate a subsequent communication or connect a call. No substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this brief administrative check-in.
On October 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:52 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 374-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 374-13 Date: October 27, 1972 Time: 9:52 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-69]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.