President Nixon interacted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical step to connect the President to an external party. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this connection process.
On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:05 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-016 of the White House Tapes.
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No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.