President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request through the Camp David operator to be connected with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The exchange serves solely as a procedural step to establish communication with Kissinger regarding official business. No further discussion occurs during this short administrative interaction.
On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:24 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 149-11 Date: October 15, 1972 Time: 11:24 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 220-15] Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
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