President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Carroll Donahue, who was located at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The brief exchange was conducted solely to establish this specific communication link. No further substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this interaction.
On July 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 8:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 536-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 536-5 Date: July 3, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:50 am and 8:58 am The President talked with the White House operator [See Conversation No. 6-116]
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