President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to initiate external communication. No further substantive policy matters or specific decisions were recorded during this exchange.
On January 31, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:02 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 403-12 Date: January 31, 1973 Time: 10:02 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-2] -9- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Feb-09)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.