President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate communication through the executive switchboard. This brief exchange serves a routine administrative purpose related to the President's immediate telephonic needs. No substantive policy matters or historical developments are recorded during this brief encounter.
On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:23 am and 9:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 859-4 Date: February 21, 1973 Time: Unknown between 9:23 am and 9:27 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-136]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.