President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to an unnamed party. This brief interaction served as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief connection.
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 an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 440-37 Date: May 24, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:34 pm and 1:36 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 39-3] -25- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. July-2011)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.