President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an official communication. He requested that a call be placed to Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. This administrative interaction served as a brief logistical step to connect the President with a member of the National Security Council staff.
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:48 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 158-5
Date: December 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:48 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
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Conversation No. 158-5 (cont’d)
[See Conversation No. 237-9]
Request for a call to Col. Richard T. KennedyNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.