President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction primarily served an administrative purpose to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded 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 from 9:43 pm to 9:55 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-050 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 406-50 Date: January 30, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:43 pm and 9:55 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 36-138]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.