President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled interaction with the White House operator while working in the Executive Office Building. This engagement served as a routine communication check or request for logistical assistance regarding the President's ongoing telephone connectivity. No significant policy developments or substantive political discussions were recorded 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 12:50 pm and 1:18 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 406-7
Date: January 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:18 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Mar.-09)
Conversation No. 406-7 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 36-115]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.