President Nixon initiates a brief administrative contact with a White House operator to place an outgoing call. This interaction serves as a functional step in facilitating the President's telephonic communications from the Oval Office. No substantive policy matters or political discussions are recorded 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 596-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 596-8 Date: October 19, 1971 Time: 12:23 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 11-123]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.