President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this short administrative interaction.
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 158-23 Date: December 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:20 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 237-52]] Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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