Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 160 › Conversation 160-012

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Henry Kissinger

Saturday, January 6, 1973 · 2:50 PM–2:54 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation160-012 on Tape 160StartSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 2:50 PMEndSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 2:54 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 160-012 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 648452663 ↗

A 13-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 January 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 160-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 160-12

Date: January 6, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See also Conversation No. 240-2]

       Request for a telephone call to Henry A. Kissinger

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Operator?
Dr. Kissinger, please.
Thank you.
  • 240-002 2:50 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 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-013 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 240-003 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 160-014 2:59 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:39 pm.
  • 240-004 2:59 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:59 pm and 3:39 pm.
  • 240-005 2:59 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 2:59 pm and 3:39 pm.
  • 160-015 3:39 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:39 pm to 3:44 pm.
  • 240-006 3:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:39 pm to 3:44 pm.

Conversation 160-012, January 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648452663). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/160-012 (accessed October 29, 2026).