President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with a party on an external line. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On October 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:43 am and 9:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 593-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 593-2 Date: October 15, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:43 am and 9:09 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 11-96]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.