President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The conversation served as a functional bridge to initiate a separate, substantive call. No major policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
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 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 406-33 Date: January 30, 1973 Time: Unknown between 6:57 pm and 7:39 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-123]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.