President Nixon initiates a phone call from Camp David to request a direct connection with Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a subsequent conversation with the National Security Council staffer. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short exchange with the operator.
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 157-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 157-15 Date: December 6, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 233-20] Request for a call to Col. Richard T. Kennedy
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