President Nixon initiated a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate a connection with another party. This exchange served as a routine administrative step in the President's daily workflow, likely to coordinate a scheduled call or meeting. No substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief interaction.
On May 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 491-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 491-15 Date: May 5, 1971 Time: Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:27 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 2-83]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.