Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-032
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Hobart D. Lewis
Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 1:35 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 21 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to facilitate phone calls to key contacts. Upon learning that Hobart D. Lewis was unavailable due to travel in the Soviet Union, the President pivoted and requested to be connected to Norman Chandler in Los Angeles. This interaction reflects the administrative process of managing the President's personal and political correspondence while at the presidential retreat.
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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 1:35 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-032 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-32
Date: November 16, 1972
Time: 1:35 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 225-33]
Request for a call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
-Location
-Soviet Union
-Return home
-Timing
-Thanksgiving
Request for a call to Norman ChandlerAlso recorded on November 16, 1972
- 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.
- 153-036 2:08 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-032, 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/153-032 (accessed October 9, 2026).