President Nixon spoke with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served a purely administrative purpose to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief communication exchange.
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 724-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 724-10 Date: May 15, 1972 Time: 5:06 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-81]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.