President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection to another party. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose, functioning solely to initiate a telephonic communication. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions were recorded during this brief 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 2:13 pm and 3:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 860-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 860-1 Date: February 21, 1973 Time: Unknown between 2:13 pm and 3:12 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 43-151]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.