President Nixon held a brief, unscheduled interaction with a White House operator while in the Oval Office. The communication served as a routine administrative exchange to facilitate an outgoing call or request assistance with telephonic operations. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short interaction.
On April 26, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:23 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 905-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 905-18 Date: April 26, 1973 Time: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 12:23 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 45-4]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.