President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a administrative step to connect the President with another party. No policy discussions or substantive political developments occurred during this brief 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 an unknown time between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 403-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 403-24 Date: January 31, 1973 Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 12:34 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-7]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.