Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 158 › Conversation 158-050

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Thomas H. Moorer

Saturday, December 30, 1972 · 12:29 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation158-050 on Tape 158StartSaturday, December 30, 1972 at 12:29 PMEndSaturday, December 30, 1972 at 12:29 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 158-050 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This administrative interaction served to initiate a formal line of communication between the President and his senior military advisor during a period of high-level strategic decision-making. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange, as its sole purpose was to place the requested call.

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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 12:29 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-050 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 158-50

Date: December 30, 1972
Time: 12:29 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 238-12]

       Request for a call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer

Also recorded on December 30, 1972

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 238-013 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:35 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 158-052 12:37 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:38 pm.
  • 238-014 12:37 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:38 pm.
  • 158-053 12:38 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:38 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 158-050, 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/158-050 (accessed October 11, 2026).