Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 158 › Conversation 158-023
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles W. Colson and Camp David
Friday, December 29, 1972 · 5:15 PM–5:20 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 17 sec
A 17-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.
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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 5:15 pm and 5:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 158-23
Date: December 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:20 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 237-52]]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonTranscript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation.
Also recorded on December 29, 1972
- 158-020 5:06 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:06 pm.
- 158-021 5:06 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:12 pm.
- 237-026 5:06 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 5:06 pm.
- 158-022 5:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:12 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 237-029 5:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 5:12 pm to 5:15 pm.
- 237-052 5:15 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:20 pm.
- 158-024 5:20 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 5:20 pm to 5:32 pm.
- 237-030 5:20 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 5:20 pm to 5:32 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 158-023, December 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648452567). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-023 (accessed October 29, 2026).