President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to place an outgoing call. This interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a connection to another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occur during this brief exchange.
On July 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 947-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 947-1 Date: July 10, 1973 Time: 8:19 am Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 41-50]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.