President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The conversation serves as a routine procedural step to bridge a call to another party. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were addressed during this exchange.
On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:23 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 552-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 552-2 Date: July 30, 1971 Time: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:23 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 7-37]
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