Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 142 › Conversation 142-008
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson and Camp David
Wednesday, September 13, 1972 · 11:26 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to White House special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with his advisor. The call highlights the President’s reliance on internal staff operators to manage his communications while stationed at Camp David.
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NARA Description
On September 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:26 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 142-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 142-8
Date: September 13, 1972
Time: 11:26 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on September 13, 1972
- 142-006 9:03 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:03 pm.
- 142-007 9:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:04 pm to 9:15 pm.
- 210-009 9:04 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:04 pm to 9:15 pm.
- 210-010 9:15 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:15 pm and 9:50 pm.
- 210-011 11:26 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 11:26 am.
- 142-009 11:27 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:27 am to 11:41 am.
- 210-012 11:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:27 am to 11:41 am.
- 210-013 11:40 AM · 37 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and Lawrence M. Higby met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:40 am to 1:12 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 142-008, September 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/142-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).