President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a logistical purpose, as the President utilized the operator's services to establish a secure or routed connection. No further substantive policy matters or specific decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On February 22, 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 1:15 pm and 2:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 411-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 411-12 Date: February 22, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 2:22 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-166]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.