President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic communication. The brief exchange served primarily to initiate a call, reflecting routine administrative coordination within the White House communications system. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.
On May 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 440-36 Date: May 24, 1973 Time: 1:34 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 39-2]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.