President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This exchange served as a logistical precursor to an upcoming call, identified elsewhere as Conversation 8-35. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief request for communication assistance.
On September 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 275-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 275-21 Date: September 7, 1971 Time: 5:12 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 8-35]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.