President Nixon contacted the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate a telephonic communication. While the specific recipient or subject matter of the subsequent call remains unrecorded in this brief exchange, the interaction served as a logistical step in the President's daily communication workflow. The conversation was limited to establishing this connection, with no substantive policy or political discussions documented.
On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 428-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 428-2 Date: April 12, 1973 Time: 1:20 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 44-152]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.