President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This routine contact served the logistical purpose of managing the President's communications within the Executive Office Building. No substantive policy discussions or major strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On November 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 388-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 388-6 Date: November 8, 1972 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 33-70]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.