President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This interaction served a logistical purpose, as the President utilized the operator's services to initiate a phone call. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 10:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 798-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 798-8 Date: October 14, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 10:58 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-44]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.