Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 157 › Conversation 157-008
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on H.R. Haldeman
Wednesday, December 6, 1972 · 3:31 PM–4:40 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to establish communication with a senior advisor. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific interaction.
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NARA Description
On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 157-8
Date: December 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 157-8 (cont’d)
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 233-14]
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanAlso recorded on December 6, 1972
- 157-009 3:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 157-010 3:31 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 157-012 3:31 PM · 14 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 157-013 3:31 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 157-014 3:31 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 157-015 3:31 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 233-014 3:31 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
- 233-015 3:31 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 157-008, December 6, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-008 (accessed October 10, 2026).