President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a phone call to a specific party. The brief interaction focused on facilitating telephonic communication through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or complex developments occurred during this administrative exchange.
On October 31, 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 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 378-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 378-16 Date: October 31, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:13 pm. Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-95] (rev. Nov-03)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.