President Nixon requested assistance from the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The exchange served as a routine administrative task to facilitate communication through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
On February 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-029 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 413-29 Date: February 26, 1973 Time: 5:21 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-197]
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