President Nixon requested assistance from the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The interaction was limited to the logistics of connecting the President to a specific party. No further substantive policy matters or developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On May 14, 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 2:45 pm and 3:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 435-26 Date: May 15, 1973 Time: Unknown between 2:45 pm and 3:36 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 46-58] -22- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. October-2012)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.