President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief interaction served solely as a functional administrative request to bridge communication between the President and his senior aide. No substantive policy matters or political strategies were discussed during this exchange.
On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:52 pm and 10:32 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-053 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 140-53 Date: August 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:52 pm and 10:32 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 206-21] Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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