President Nixon initiates a brief communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction serves as a routine administrative task to connect the President with an outside party. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.
On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 893-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 893-15 Date: April 11, 1973 Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:35 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 44-144] -35- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. February-2011)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.