President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served as a procedural step to initiate a telephone call to an external party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:49 am and 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 621-4 Date: November 18, 1971 Time: Unknown between 7:49 am and 8:01 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 15-17]
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