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 onTape 154StartSunday, September 24, 1972 at 11:52 AMEndSunday, September 24, 1972 at 11:56 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 154-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection with his aide, Charles W. Colson. The exchange served exclusively as a logistical request to bridge the communication to the White House staffer. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were addressed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Coulson, please.
Thank you, Mr. Belton.

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

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 · 13 sec — 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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/154-008 (accessed September 18, 2026).