Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 158 › Conversation 158-017
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson
Friday, December 29, 1972 · 12:09 PM–12:13 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served solely as a logistical request to establish a line of connection between the President and his aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:13 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 158-17
Date: December 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:09 pm and 12:13 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 237-21]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 158-17 (cont’d)
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on December 29, 1972
- 158-014 11:59 AM · 13 sec — 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.
- 158-015 12:01 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:01 pm to 12:08 pm.
- 237-019 12:01 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:01 pm to 12:08 pm.
- 158-016 12:08 PM · 1 min — Col. Richard T. Kennedy and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm.
- 237-020 12:08 PM · 1 min — Col. Richard T. Kennedy and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm.
- 237-021 12:09 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:13 pm.
- 158-018 12:13 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:13 pm to 12:37 pm.
- 237-022 12:13 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:13 pm to 12:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 158-017, December 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-017 (accessed October 11, 2026).