President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection. The brief exchange served as an administrative step to place a telephone call to an unnamed party. No substantive policy matters or major developments were recorded during this short 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 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 492-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 492-6 Date: May 5, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:37 pm and 5:38 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 2-90]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.