President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to request a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a procedural step to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.
On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:14 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 136-27 Date: July 23, 1972 Time: Unknown between 2:10 and 2:14 pm Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone) The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 196-24] Request for Charles W. Colson
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