President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a private consultation between the President and his senior advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.
On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 1:04 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-044 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 153-44 Date: November 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:04 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 226-11] Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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