Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 711 › Conversation 711-002
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on Telecommunications
Tuesday, April 18, 1972 · 9:18 AM–9:20 AM ET · Oval Office · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose to initiate communication with an unspecified party. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 711-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 711-2
Date: April 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:20 am
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 23-13]Also recorded on April 18, 1972
- 023-013 9:18 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 711-001 9:18 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am.
- 023-014 9:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:20 am to 9:23 am.
- 711-003 9:20 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander P. Butterfield, Melvin R. Laird, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 10:02 am.
- 023-015 9:23 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 9:27 am.
- 023-016 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:27 am.
- 023-017 9:55 AM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone from 9:55 am to 9:56 am.
- 711-004 10:02 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Stephen B. Bull, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:02 am to 10:58 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 711-002, April 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/711-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).