President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to place a telephone call to former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Recognizing that Johnson was currently hospitalized, Nixon expressed confidence that the former president would still be available to speak. The primary objective of the request was to facilitate direct communication between the two leaders.
On November 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:56 am and 7:04 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 155-30 Date: November 22, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:56 am and 7:04 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 230-13] Request for a call to Lyndon B. Johnson -Location -Hospital -33- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Jan.-08)
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