President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served solely as an instruction to initiate communication with a key White House advisor. No policy or substantive political matters were discussed during this request.
On August 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 10:35 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 137-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 137-7 Date: August 12, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:50 am and 10:35 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 201-12] Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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