President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to White House special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to establish a line of connection. No substantive policy matters or political strategies were discussed during this brief exchange.
On September 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 1:53 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 143-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 143-8 Date: September 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:25 pm and 1:53 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 211-21] Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
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