President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place an outgoing call. This short interaction serves a purely administrative function to facilitate telecommunications from the Oval Office. No substantive policy matters or political developments are addressed during the brief exchange.
On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 840-14 Date: February 3, 1973 Time: Between 1:20 pm and 1:21 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-19]
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