President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a technical precursor to further presidential communication, as noted by the cross-reference to a subsequent conversation. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.
On October 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:22 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 801-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 801-9 Date: October 17, 1972 Time: 11:22 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 31-100]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.