President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or major strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:33 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 707-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 707-9 Date: April 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:33 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 22-116]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.