President Nixon held a brief administrative conversation with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This interaction served a routine communication purpose, as the President utilized the operator to initiate a subsequent call. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On May 14, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 917-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 917-7
Date: May 14, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:10 am and 11:25 am
Location: Oval Office
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Conversation No. 917-7 (cont’d)
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 46-24]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.