President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a high-level policy consultation. No further substantive discussions occurred between the President and the operator during this brief communication.
On November 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 156-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 156-17 Date: November 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:10 am and 1:47 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 232-9] Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
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