Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 144 › Conversation 144-001

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson

Tuesday, September 19, 1972 · 7:45 PM–7:46 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 15 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David OperatorConversation144-001 on Tape 144StartTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 7:45 PMEndTuesday, September 19, 1972 at 7:46 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 144-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175363 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 7:46 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 144-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 144-1

Date: September 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:45 pm and 7:46 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President conferred with an unknown person.

            The President's schedule

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation no. 212-3]

            Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Tell him I'll be out.
Coulson, please.
Thank you, sir.

Also recorded on September 19, 1972

  • 212-003 7:45 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 7:45 pm.
  • 144-002 7:46 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:46 pm to 8:10 pm.
  • 212-004 7:46 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:46 pm to 8:10 pm.
  • 144-003 8:10 PM · 10 sec — William Hirsch and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 144-004 8:10 PM · 13 min — Edward R. F. Cox and Allen C. Hall talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 212-005 8:10 PM · 9 sec — William Hirsch and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 212-006 8:10 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.
  • 212-007 8:10 PM · 58 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:10 pm on September 19, 1972 and 7:10 pm on September 20, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 144-001, September 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175363). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/144-001 (accessed November 2, 2026).