President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The interaction served purely administrative purposes to reach another party, as the recording captures only the standard procedures for placing an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occurred during this momentary exchange.
On March 29, 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 6:24 pm and 6:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 426-19 Date: March 29, 1973 Time: Unknown between 6:24 and 6:25 p.m. Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 44-81] -21- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Sep.-2010)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.