Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 151 › Conversation 151-004

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

Saturday, October 21, 1972 · 7:15 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation151-004 on Tape 151StartSaturday, October 21, 1972 at 7:15 PMEndSaturday, October 21, 1972 at 7:15 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 151-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to White House special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary step to initiate direct communication with one of the President's key political advisors. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.

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Yes, please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 7:15 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 151-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 151-4

Date: October 21, 1972
Time: 7:15 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 223-12]

        Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on October 21, 1972

  • 223-008 12:29 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:45 pm.
  • 151-002 4:30 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 223-010 4:30 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 5:39 pm.
  • 151-003 5:39 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:39 pm to 5:47 pm.
  • 223-011 5:39 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 5:39 pm to 5:47 pm.
  • 223-012 7:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 7:15 pm.
  • 151-005 7:26 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 7:26 pm.
  • 223-013 7:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 7:26 pm.

All 12 conversations from October 21, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 151-004, October 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/151-004 (accessed October 10, 2026).