President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This recording serves as a routine logistical exchange typical of White House communications operations during the period. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments are recorded in this brief interaction.
On January 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 11:50 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 396-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 396-6 Date: January 12, 1973 Time: 11:50 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 35-109] -7- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Jan.-09)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.