President Nixon communicated with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction served as a routine administrative task to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On September 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 11:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 580-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 580-11 Date: September 29, 1971 Time: Unknown between 11:54 am and 11:58 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 10-28]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.