President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection to another party. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a subsequent conversation. No substantive policy matters or executive decisions were addressed during this specific exchange.
On May 1, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 433-5
Date: May 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:04 pm
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Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 45-74]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.