President Nixon held a brief, informal check-in with the White House operator to facilitate an immediate follow-up connection. This interaction served primarily as a logistical bridge to initiate a subsequent telephone conversation. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this specific exchange.
On May 24, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-043 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 440-43 Date: May 24, 1973 Time: 4:52 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 39-7]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.