Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-006

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Mamie Eisenhower

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 9:54 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation153-006 on Tape 153StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 9:54 AMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 9:54 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 153-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to Mamie Eisenhower. The President requested that the operator locate her at either the Eisenhower farm or in Washington, D.C. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish communication with the former First Lady.

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Yes, sir.
I wonder if you'd ring Mrs. Eisenhower, please.
That's Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower.
Add the Eisenhower form, sir?
Yeah.
Thank you, Mr. President.
She may be in Washington, wherever she is.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:54 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 153-6

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 9:54 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 224-12]

       Request for a call to Mamie G. D. Eisenhower
            -Dwight D. Eisenhower
            -Location
                   -Eisenhower Farm
                   -Washington, DC

Also recorded on November 14, 1972

  • 224-012 9:54 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:54 am.
  • 224-013 9:54 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:02 am.
  • 153-007 10:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am.
  • 224-014 10:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am.
  • 153-008 10:04 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
  • 183-001 10:04 AM · 49 sec — John D. Ehrlichman, Camp David operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
  • 183-002 10:04 AM · 1 min — John D. Ehrlichman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
  • 224-015 10:04 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Camp David operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:04 am to 12:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 153-006, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-006 (accessed October 8, 2026).