Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 156 › Conversation 156-011

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Robert H. Finch

Tuesday, November 28, 1972 · 12:14 PM–1:50 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 16 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation156-011 on Tape 156StartTuesday, November 28, 1972 at 12:14 PMEndTuesday, November 28, 1972 at 1:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 156-011 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175795 ↗

A 16-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On November 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 1:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 156-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 156-11

Date: November 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:14 pm and 1:50 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 231-16A]

       Request for a call to Robert H. Finch
            -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

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Yes, please?
Could you get Mr. Finch, please?
Mr. Holliman wants to talk to you.
Surely.
Have it written here.
  • 156-007 7:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
  • 156-008 7:50 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
  • 156-009 7:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
  • 156-023 12:14 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:14 pm on November 28, 1972 and 10:10 am on November 29, 1972.
  • 183-006 12:14 PM · 17 sec — Camp David operator and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 1:50 pm.
  • 231-016 12:14 PM · 1 hr 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:14 pm to 1:50 pm.
  • 183-007 4:26 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:40 pm.
  • 231-017 4:26 PM · 59 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:40 pm.

Conversation 156-011, November 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175795). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/156-011 (accessed November 1, 2026).