President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a technical step to connect the President with another party for official communications. No significant policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.
On September 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 788-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 788-20
Date: September 29, 1972
(rev. Nov-03)
Time: Unknown between 6:30 pm and 6:36 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 30-31]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.