President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate internal telecommunications. The discussion functioned as a standard operational check-in to manage the President's outgoing calls. No substantive policy matters or strategic decisions were addressed during this short exchange.
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 760-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 760-5
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:10 am and 8:28 am
Location: Oval Office
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The White House operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 28-48]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.