President Nixon held a brief exchange with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose as part of the President's routine daily communications. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions were recorded during this brief technical connection.
On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 7:57 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 387-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 387-1 Date: December 5, 1972 Time: 7:57 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 34-16]
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