President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Harold T. Rigley, the leader of the Utility Workers Union of America. This interaction served an administrative purpose to initiate contact with organized labor leadership. The conversation focused exclusively on the logistical arrangements required to connect the President with Rigley.
On September 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:41 am and 10:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 780-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 780-12
Date: September 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:41 am and 10:44 am
Location: Oval Office
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The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Harold T. Rigley
-Utility Workers Union of AmericaNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.