President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This routine interaction served to connect the President with an unnamed party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief communication.
On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:03 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 916-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 916-15
Date: May 11, 1973
Time: 12:03 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President talked with the White House operator.
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Conversation No. 916-15 (cont’d)
[See Conversation No. 46-1]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.