President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. This exchange served solely as a functional step to initiate a subsequent conversation with another party. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this brief request for operator assistance.
On March 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 417-8 Date: March 5, 1973 Time: 3:33 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 37-56]
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