President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an immediate phone call with his Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to establish communication with Ehrlichman. No substantive policy discussions or decision-making occurred during this connection.
On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:16 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 149-7 Date: October 15, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:57 am and 9:16 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 220-10] Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman
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