President Nixon held a brief, administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a connection. The discussion was limited to routine telecommunications logistics and contained no substantive policy deliberations or political developments. The exchange served exclusively as a functional transition for the President to reach another party.
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 from 1:39 pm to 1:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 404-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 404-14 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:39 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked to the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-80] [There is no Conversation No. 404-15]
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