Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 148 › Conversation 148-013

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson and Camp David

Tuesday, October 10, 1972 · 9:41 PM–9:44 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation148-013 on Tape 148StartTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 9:41 PMEndTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 9:44 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 148-013 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175509 ↗

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NARA Description

On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 148-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 148-13

Date: October 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:41 pm and 9:44 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 219-15]

        Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Thank you, Mr. President.

Also recorded on October 10, 1972

  • 148-010 8:52 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John W. Byrnes talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:52 pm to 8:55 pm.
  • 148-011 9:04 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:04 pm and 9:34 pm.
  • 219-013 9:04 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:04 pm and 9:34 pm.
  • 148-012 9:34 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:34 pm to 9:41 pm.
  • 219-014 9:34 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:34 pm to 9:41 pm.
  • 219-015 9:41 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:41 pm and 9:44 pm.
  • 148-014 9:44 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:44 pm to 9:53 pm.
  • 219-016 9:44 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:44 pm to 9:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 148-013, October 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175509). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/148-013 (accessed November 1, 2026).