President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to establish a line of contact while the President was working from the Camp David study. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for assistance.
On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:23 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 158-7 Date: December 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:06 am and 11:23 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 237-12] Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger
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