President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief interaction focused exclusively on the administrative mechanics of placing a specific call. No substantive policy matters or political developments were addressed during this short operational exchange.
On May 17, 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 1:27 pm and 1:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 438-3 Date: May 17, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:27 pm and 1:32 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 46-91]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.