Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 155 › Conversation 155-018
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Personal communications
Monday, November 20, 1972 · 2:21 PM–2:26 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal telephone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to connect the President with his family member. No policy matters or substantive political topics were discussed during this brief communication.
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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 2:21 pm and 2:26 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 155-18
Date: November 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:21 pm and 2:26 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Request for a call to Julie Nixon EisenhowerAlso recorded on November 20, 1972
- 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.
- 155-016 1:46 PM · 11 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 155-019 2:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.
- 228-007 2:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:26 pm to 2:27 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 155-018, 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/155-018 (accessed October 9, 2026).