President Nixon initiates a brief administrative communication with a White House operator. The primary purpose of the contact is to facilitate an outgoing call to another party. No substantive policy matters or political developments are recorded in this interaction.
On May 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 439-23 Date: May 21, 1973 Time: 5:25 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 46-129]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.