President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to establish communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No further policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative request.
On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:27 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 160-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 160-3 Date: January 5, 1973 Time: Unknown between 7:58 pm and 8:27 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 239-3] Request for a telephone call to Henry A. Kissinger
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