Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 155 › Conversation 155-016

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

Monday, November 20, 1972 · 1:46 PM–2:05 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation155-016 on Tape 155StartMonday, November 20, 1972 at 1:46 PMEndMonday, November 20, 1972 at 2:05 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 155-016 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175741 ↗

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NARA Description

On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 155-16

Date: November 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 228-5]

       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Operator?
Question, please.
Thank you.

Also recorded on November 20, 1972

  • 228-002 1:21 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:42 pm.
  • 155-015 1:42 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:42 pm to 1:46 pm.
  • 228-003 1:42 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:42 pm to 1:46 pm.
  • 228-004 1:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 228-005 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
  • 155-017 2:05 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:05 pm to 2:21 pm.
  • 228-006 2:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:05 pm to 2:21 pm.
  • 155-018 2:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 2:26 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 155-016, November 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175741). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/155-016 (accessed November 8, 2026).