President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion served as a procedural necessity for connecting the President to a third party. No substantive policy matters or official decisions were recorded during this brief bridge in the communication process.
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 an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:03 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 374-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 374-8 Date: October 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:03 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-66]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.