President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Deputy Assistant, Alexander P. Butterfield. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to initiate this specific communication. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief connection.
On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:32 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 147-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 147-1 Date: October 6, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 8:32 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 217-3] Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield
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