President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This interaction served purely as an administrative step to initiate further communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.
On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:52 pm and 5:27 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 938-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 938-7 Date: June 12, 1973 Time: Unknown between 4:52 pm and 5:27 pm Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 40-36]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.