President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate telephonic communications. The conversation functioned as a standard logistical check, typical of the President's daily management of his executive office operations. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 784-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 784-1 Date: September 21, 1972 Time: 9:30 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 30-11]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.