Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 154 › Conversation 154-008

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

Sunday, September 24, 1972 · 11:52 AM–11:56 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation154-008 on Tape 154StartSunday, September 24, 1972 at 11:52 AMEndSunday, September 24, 1972 at 11:56 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 154-008 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175385 ↗

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NARA Description

On September 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:56 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 154-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 154-8

Date: September 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:52 am and 11:56 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation no. 213-17]

            Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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Coulson, please.
Thank you, Mr. Belton.

Also recorded on September 24, 1972

  • 154-007 11:37 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:37 am to 11:52 am.
  • 213-016 11:37 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:37 am to 11:52 am.
  • 213-017 11:52 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:56 am.
  • 213-018 11:52 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 11:56 am.
  • 154-009 11:56 AM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:56 am to 12:46 pm.
  • 213-019 11:56 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:56 am to 12:46 pm.
  • 154-010 12:46 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 1:01 pm.
  • 213-020 12:46 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:46 pm and 12:56 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 154-008, September 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175385). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/154-008 (accessed November 2, 2026).