Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-014
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Thomas W. Gleason
Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 1:15 PM–2:05 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Thomas W. "Teddy" Gleason. Nixon requested that the operator obtain the necessary contact information from Charles W. Colson's office to initiate the communication. This brief exchange served as a logistical administrative step to connect the President with the labor leader.
- Thomas W. Gleason
- Charles W. Colson
- Logistics
- Telecommunications
- Labor relations
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NARA Description
On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-14
Date: November 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 2:05 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 153-13 (cont’d)
[See Conversation No. 224-20]
Request for a call to Thomas W.(“Teddy”) Gleason
-Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 14, 1972
- 153-010 12:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:40 pm.
- 153-011 12:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 153-012 12:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 224-017 12:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 224-018 12:44 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:10 pm.
- 153-013 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 224-019 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 224-020 1:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-014, 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/153-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).