Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 158 › Conversation 158-048
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Gerald L. Warren
Saturday, December 30, 1972 · 12:15 PM–12:27 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with his staff while he was stationed at Camp David. No policy matters or substantive political discussions occurred during this exchange.
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NARA Description
On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:27 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-048 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 158-48
Date: December 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:15 pm and 12:27 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 238-10]
Request for a call to Gerald L. WarrenAlso recorded on December 30, 1972
- 158-047 12:06 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:06 pm to 12:15 pm.
- 238-009 12:06 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:06 pm to 12:15 pm.
- 238-010 12:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:15 pm and 12:27 pm.
- 158-049 12:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.
- 238-011 12:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.
- 158-050 12:29 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:29 pm.
- 238-012 12:29 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:29 pm.
- 158-051 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:35 pm to 12:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 158-048, December 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-048 (accessed October 11, 2026).