President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The discussion focuses on connecting the President to a specific party, serving as a routine logistical step in the administration of executive communications. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this brief operator-assisted bridge.
On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:16 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 642-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 642-32 Date: January 3, 1972 Time: 12:16 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 18-9]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.