Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-033

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Norman Chandler

Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 1:36 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation153-033 on Tape 153StartThursday, November 16, 1972 at 1:36 PMEndThursday, November 16, 1972 at 1:36 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 153-033 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated a return phone call with an individual identified as Mr. Chandler. The operator informed the President that Chandler would be arriving at his office within thirty minutes. Nixon authorized the operator to have Chandler return the call once he became available.

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Hello.

Mr. Candler will be in the office in a half an hour.

May I have him call?

Yeah.

Thanks.

Fine.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On November 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:36 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-033 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 153-33

Date: November 16, 1972
Time: 1:36 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 225-34]

       Norman Chandler
           -Location
                -Return to office
                -Return call
                                             -41-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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.
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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 153-033, 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/153-033 (accessed October 9, 2026).