President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator in his Old Executive Office Building office. The recording primarily serves as a placeholder for a functional telecommunications exchange rather than a policy discussion. No significant substantive decisions or political developments occurred during this brief communication.
On January 30, 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 6:51 pm and 6:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 406-27 Date: January 30, 1973 Time: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 6:56 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-121]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.