President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served purely as an administrative bridge to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.
On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 596-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 596-9 Date: October 19, 1971 Time: 12:23 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 11-124]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.