President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a technical precursor to the President’s subsequent telephonic communication, designated as Conversation 16-128. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.
On December 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 5:58 pm and 6:07 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 639-028 Date: December 21, 1971 Time: Unknown between 5:58 pm and 6:07 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 16-128]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.