President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Admiral Dwight Porter. This brief communication serves a purely administrative purpose to facilitate a direct telephone conversation between the President and the Admiral. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief interaction.
On March 15, 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 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 410-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 410-21 Date: March 15, 1973 Time: Unknown between 4:24 pm and 4:26 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-91]
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