President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion focuses strictly on telephonic logistics, serving as a functional bridge to connect the President with another party. No policy decisions or substantive political deliberations occur during this short exchange.
On November 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 299-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 299-2 Date: November 10, 1971 Time: Unknown between 1:20 pm and 1:31 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 14-9]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.