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.
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 AidConversation 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
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