President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a series of outbound telephone calls to several United States Senators. The President requested that the operator locate and connect him specifically to Senator Margaret Chase Smith in Maine along with several other unnamed members of the Senate. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate the President's personal outreach to congressional leadership.
On November 3, 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 9:00 am and 9:12 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 391-022 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 391-22 Date: November 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:12 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 32-161]
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