President Nixon initiated a brief communication through the White House operator to facilitate an external telephone connection. This interaction functioned as an administrative request to reach another party, serving as a precursor to a subsequent, substantive discussion. No further details regarding the nature of the call are available due to the lack of an existing transcript.
On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 621-034 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 621-34 Date: November 22, 1971 Time: Unknown between 8:08 am and 8:20 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 15-81]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.