Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-019
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 2:26 PM–2:40 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish a line of communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive policy matters or political strategies were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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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 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-19
Date: November 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 224-25]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 14, 1972
- 153-015 2:05 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:05 pm.
- 153-017 2:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 224-023 2:22 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:22 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 153-018 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm.
- 224-024 2:24 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thomas W. Gleason met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:24 pm to 2:26 pm.
- 224-025 2:26 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:26 pm and 2:40 pm.
- 153-020 2:40 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:40 pm to 3:08 pm.
- 224-026 2:40 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:40 pm to 3:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-019, 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/153-019 (accessed October 9, 2026).