President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate official communication. This exchange reflects the standard procedural operations required to manage incoming and outgoing calls within the Oval Office. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief contact.
On January 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:30 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 839-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 839-3 Date: January 23, 1973 Time: 8:30 am Location: Oval Office The White House operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 36-62] -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Mar.-09)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.