President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served as a administrative step to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief telephonic coordination.
On February 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:20 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 855-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 855-3 Date: February 14, 1973 Time: Unknown between 8:57 am and 9:20 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-72]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.