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.
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 AidConversation 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 Chandler
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