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.
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 AidConversation 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
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