President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled check-in with the White House operator to facilitate a communication request. This interaction served primarily as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate, substantive discussion with another party. No policy decisions or significant administrative actions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 421-5 Date: March 21, 1973 Time: 2:52 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 37-185]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.