President Nixon initiated a brief administrative call with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This interaction served purely as a logistical step to reach another party, reflecting the standard operational procedures for initiating communications from the Executive Office Building. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On December 28, 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 10:23 am and 11:08 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 380-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 380-2 Date: December 28, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:23 am and 11:08 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 35-22]
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