President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The interaction was purely administrative in nature, serving as a functional step to reach an unnamed third party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short exchange.
On April 27, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 906-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 906-9 Date: April 27, 1973 Time: 4:30 pm - 4:31 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 45-35]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.