President Nixon initiates a brief administrative call with the White House operator to facilitate communication. The exchange serves as a routine procedural step to connect the President with other individuals or offices. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this short telephonic interaction.
On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:01 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 621-6 Date: November 18, 1971 Time: 8:01 am Location: Oval Office The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 15-18]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.