President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This communication served to connect the President with another party, though the specific recipient of the subsequent call is documented separately. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On May 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-066 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 433-66
Date: May 8, 1973
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Time: 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 45-158]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.