President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request to the Camp David operator to summon H. R. Haldeman to Aspen Lodge. The call serves as a logistical directive to facilitate an immediate in-person meeting between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further policy matters are discussed during this administrative exchange.
On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 157-17 Date: December 6, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 234-1] Request for a meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at Aspen Lodge -28- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. Apr.-08)
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