President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion serves a purely logistical purpose, functioning as a bridge to connect the President with another party for a separate, subsequent conversation. No policy matters or substantive political topics are addressed during this brief exchange.
On October 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 607-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 607-5 Date: October 29, 1971 Time: 10:35 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with White House operator. [See Conversation No. 13-24]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.