President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish contact with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during the exchange.
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 3:15 pm and 3:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 860-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 860-6 Date: February 21, 1973 Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:23 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-153]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.