President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a technical step in managing the President's daily communication needs during his time in the Executive Office Building. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions took place during this brief administrative exchange.
On December 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 392-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 392-6 Date: December 20, 1972 Time: 12:29 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 34-139]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.