President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Clark MacGregor, who served as the Director of the Office of Congressional Relations. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate direct communication between the President and his congressional liaison. No further substantive dialogue was recorded during this brief exchange.
On March 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 470-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 470-10
Date: March 19, 1971
Time: 12:32 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator
Call to Clark MacGregorNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.