President Nixon consulted with the White House operator during an afternoon meeting in the Oval Office to address administrative communication needs. The discussion focused on coordinating outgoing calls and managing internal switchboard operations. No specific policy decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
On January 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:00 pm to 2:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 831-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 831-9 Date: January 3, 1973 Time: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:48 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 35-72]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.