President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a routine administrative step to connect the President with a desired party. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 588-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 588-17 Date: October 12, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 1:55 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 11-63]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.