President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a policy-focused discussion. No further details regarding the substance of the subsequent conversation were captured in this recording.
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:59 am and 12:01 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 158-14
Date: December 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:59 am and 12:01 pm
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Conversation No. 158-14 (cont’d)
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 237-18]
Request for a call to Henry A. KissingerNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.