President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This interaction served purely administrative purposes to connect the President with a third party. No substantive policy matters or strategic discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On May 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 919-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 919-30 Date: May 16, 1973 Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 3:02 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 46-82] -55- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. September-2012)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.