President Nixon held a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an official communication. This administrative encounter served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party for further discussion. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief logistical exchange.
On December 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 383-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 383-3 Date: December 14, 1972 Time: 3:25 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 34-81]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.