President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served an administrative purpose, functioning as a routine request to connect the President with an external party. No substantive policy discussions or policy-related decisions occurred during this brief communication exchange.
On March 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:01 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 887-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 887-23 Date: March 22, 1973 Time: 4:01 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 44-16]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.