President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate call, linking the President to another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On May 29, 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 1:48 pm and 1:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 440-063 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 440-63 Date: May 29, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 1:52 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 39-32]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.