Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 148 › Conversation 148-004

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Wilbur D. Mills

Tuesday, October 10, 1972 · 8:20 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation148-004 on Tape 148StartTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 8:20 PMEndTuesday, October 10, 1972 at 8:20 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 148-004 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175491 ↗

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On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 8:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 148-004 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 148-4

Date: October 10, 1972
Time: 8:20 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 219-6]

        Request for a call to Wilbur D. Mills

        The President's schedule
            -Charles W. Colson
            -Mills

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Mr. President?
Detroit Congressman William.
Wilbur Mills, please.
Wilbur Mills?
I have Mr. Coles for you, too, sir.
Well, tell him I have to wait till I get Mr. Mills.
I'll call him back.
All right, sir.
Will do.
Bye.
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  • 148-003 8:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:16 pm to 8:20 pm.
  • 219-005 8:16 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:16 pm to 8:20 pm.
  • 148-005 8:20 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 219-006 8:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:20 pm.
  • 219-007 8:20 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:20 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 148-006 8:24 PM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:24 pm to 8:44 pm.
  • 219-008 8:24 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:24 pm to 8:44 pm.

Conversation 148-004, October 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175491). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/148-004 (accessed November 1, 2026).