President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and his top diplomat. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific transmission.
On May 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-066 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 3-66 Date: May 19, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:14 pm and 1:18 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 501-16A] Call to William P. Rogers
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