Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 152 › Conversation 152-008

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Richard J. Daley and Jack Reilly

Monday, October 30, 1972 · 5:00 PM–5:22 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation152-008 on Tape 152StartMonday, October 30, 1972 at 5:00 PMEndMonday, October 30, 1972 at 5:22 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 152-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to re-attempt a failed phone call to Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. If the Mayor remained unreachable, the President directed the operator to locate and connect him with Colonel Jack Reilly instead. The conversation served as an administrative directive to ensure the President maintained a channel of communication with his contacts in Chicago.

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Operator, I placed a call to Mayor Daley and he has not returned it.
If you try it again and if you can't get him, get Colonel Riley in Chicago.
You got that name, Riley?
Yes, sir.
Colonel Riley.
Right.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On October 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 152-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 152-8

Date: October 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:00 pm and 5:22 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 222-13A]

        The President's call to Richard J. Daley
            -Callback
            -Col. Jack Reilly

Also recorded on October 30, 1972

  • 152-005 10:33 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:33 am to 10:43 am.
  • 152-006 10:43 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 10:44 am.
  • 222-010 10:43 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:43 am and 10:44 am.
  • 152-007 10:44 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:44 am to 10:48 am.
  • 222-011 10:44 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:44 am to 10:48 am.
  • 222-012 4:40 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 4:58 pm.
  • 222-013 5:00 PM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, White House operator, Richard J. Daley, unknown person(s), Camp David operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 5:00 pm to 5:40 pm.
  • 152-009 5:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:22 pm to 5:23 pm.

All 23 conversations from October 30, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 152-008, October 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/152-008 (accessed October 25, 2026).