Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 155 › Conversation 155-016
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Communication
Monday, November 20, 1972 · 1:46 PM–2:05 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative request to reach a senior staff member for further communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-016 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 155-16
Date: November 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 228-5]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on November 20, 1972
- 228-002 1:21 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:42 pm.
- 155-015 1:42 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:42 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 228-003 1:42 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:42 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 228-004 1:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 228-005 1:46 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 155-017 2:05 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:05 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 228-006 2:05 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:05 pm to 2:21 pm.
- 155-018 2:21 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 2:26 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 155-016, November 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/155-016 (accessed October 25, 2026).