Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-031
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Telephone communication
Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 12:30 PM–1:35 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to initiate an outgoing telephone call to Hobart D. "Hobe" Lewis. The President provided the operator with the recipient's name and specified his location in New York to facilitate the connection. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Lewis.
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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 12:30 pm and 1:35 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-031 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-31
Date: November 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 1:35 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 225-32]
Request for a call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Location
-New York
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No.153-30 (cont’d)Also recorded on November 16, 1972
- 153-032 1:35 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:35 pm.
- 225-033 1:35 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:35 pm.
- 153-033 1:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
- 225-034 1:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
- 225-041 1:36 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 1:51 pm.
- 153-034 1:51 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:51 pm to 1:57 pm.
- 225-035 1:51 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:51 pm to 1:57 pm.
- 153-035 1:57 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-031, 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/153-031 (accessed October 9, 2026).