Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-054
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Paul W. Keyes
Friday, November 17, 1972 · 8:47 PM–8:53 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 26 sec
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On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-054 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-54
Date: November 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 226-21]
Request for a call to Paul W. Keyes
-Location
-Los Angeles
-White House operator
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 153-53 (cont’d)Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on November 17, 1972
- 153-052 8:40 PM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia B. McKee talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 8:41 pm.
- 226-019 8:40 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia B. McKee met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 8:41 pm.
- 153-053 8:47 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 8:47 pm.
- 226-020 8:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:47 pm.
- 226-021 8:47 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 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm.
- 153-055 8:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:53 pm to 8:56 pm.
- 226-022 8:53 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:53 pm to 8:56 pm.
- 153-056 8:56 PM · 18 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 11:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-054, November 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175703). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-054 (accessed November 4, 2026).