Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 154 › Conversation 154-001

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson

Saturday, September 23, 1972 · 3:31 PM–4:50 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation154-001 on Tape 154StartSaturday, September 23, 1972 at 3:31 PMEndSaturday, September 23, 1972 at 4:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 154-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical request to initiate a high-level administrative communication. No substantive policy discussions or policy developments occurred during this exchange.

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Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On September 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 154-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 154-1

Date: September 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:50 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

             Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on September 23, 1972

  • 154-002 3:31 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:50 pm.
  • 213-001 3:31 PM · 14 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:49 pm.
  • 213-002 4:49 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:49 pm.
  • 154-003 4:50 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:50 pm to 5:10 pm.
  • 213-003 4:50 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:50 pm.
  • 213-004 4:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:50 pm.
  • 213-005 4:50 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:50 pm.
  • 213-006 4:50 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:50 pm to 5:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 154-001, September 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/154-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).