President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose, functioning as a routine request to connect the President with a specific party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 783-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 783-19 Date: September 19, 1972 Time: 12:47 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 30-3]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.