Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 158 › Conversation 158-027
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Richard T. Kennedy
Friday, December 29, 1972 · 6:44 PM–6:49 PM ET · Camp David Study Table ·14 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to the Camp David operator to request a connection with Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. This brief administrative interaction serves solely to facilitate communication with a member of the National Security Council staff. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this exchange.
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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 6:44 pm and 6:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-027 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 158-27
Date: December 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:44 pm and 6:49 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
(rev. May-08)
Conversation No. 158-27 (cont’d)
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 237-35]
Request for a call to Col. Richard T. KennedyAlso recorded on December 29, 1972
- 237-035 6:44 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 6:44 pm and 6:49 pm.
- 158-028 6:49 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:49 pm to 6:52 pm.
- 237-036 6:49 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Col. Richard T. Kennedy met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:49 pm to 6:52 pm.
- 158-029 6:52 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 6:52 pm.
- 158-030 6:52 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 6:52 pm.
- 158-031 6:52 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:52 pm and 7:02 pm.
- 237-037 6:52 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 6:52 pm.
- 237-038 6:52 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 6:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 158-027, 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/158-027 (accessed September 18, 2026).