President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The conversation serves a purely functional purpose to facilitate official communication. No substantive policy matters or strategic developments are discussed during this brief exchange.
On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 3:39 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 723-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 723-17 Date: May 11, 1972 Time: 3:39 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-79]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.