President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served to connect the President with an external party via the White House switchboard. No further substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were captured during this brief exchange.
On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 678-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 678-3 Date: March 6, 1972 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 21-1]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.