Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-029

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 8:30 AM–8:43 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation153-029 on Tape 153StartThursday, November 16, 1972 at 8:30 AMEndThursday, November 16, 1972 at 8:43 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 153-029 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served strictly as a logistical request to connect the President with his wife. No policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On November 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 153-29

Date: November 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 8:43 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 225-25]

       Request for a call to Thelma C.(“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on November 16, 1972

  • 225-024 8:30 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am.
  • 225-025 8:30 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am.
  • 225-026 8:30 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am.
  • 153-030 8:43 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:43 am to 8:51 am.
  • 225-027 8:43 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:43 am to 8:51 am.
  • 225-028 8:51 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John G. Magner met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 1:35 pm.
  • 225-029 8:51 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 1:35 pm.
  • 225-030 8:51 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 1:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 153-029, November 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-029 (accessed October 9, 2026).