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.
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 AidConversation 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 -40- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Mar.-08) Conversation No.153-30 (cont’d)
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