President Nixon consulted with a White House operator in his Old Executive Office Building workspace to facilitate a telephone connection. The interaction served as a brief administrative bridge to initiate further communication with an unnamed party. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On January 23, 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 12:08 pm and 12:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 404-9 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:08 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-70] -21- 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.