President Nixon interacts with a White House operator in the Oval Office to facilitate telephonic communication. The brief exchange serves as a standard administrative check for connecting the President to an external party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief technical connection.
On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:17 pm and 12:19 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 747-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 747-7 Date: July 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:19 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 27-1] (rev. Mar-02)
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