President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This routine engagement served to initiate a communication bridge for an unrecorded or separate external discussion. No substantive policy matters or major strategic decisions were documented during this short exchange.
On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 8:53 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 833-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 833-6 Date: January 4, 1973 Time: Unknown between 8:50 am and 8:53 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 35-81]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.