President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish communication with an external party. No significant policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.
On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 660-011 Date: January 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:10 and 12:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 19-168]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.