President Nixon spoke with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative step to connect the President to another party. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this routine telephonic bridge.
On March 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 676-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 676-16 Date: March 1, 1972 Time: 11:19 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 20-136]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.