President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative exchange with a White House operator. The conversation functioned as a standard telecommunications check, primarily involving instructions for placing or managing a specific call. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief contact.
On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:56 pm and 1:04 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 874-17 Date: March 9, 1973 Time: Unknown between 12:56 pm and 1:04 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 37-66]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.