Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 160 › Conversation 160-003

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Henry Kissinger

Friday, January 5, 1973 · 7:58 PM–8:27 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation160-003 on Tape 160StartFriday, January 5, 1973 at 7:58 PMEndFriday, January 5, 1973 at 8:27 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 160-003 ↗

AI Summary

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.

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Yes, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

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 Aid

Conversation 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

Also recorded on January 6, 1973

  • 160-002 7:38 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:38 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 239-001 7:38 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:38 pm to 7:58 pm.
  • 239-002 7:58 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:27 pm.
  • 239-003 7:58 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:27 pm.
  • 239-009 7:58 PM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:58 pm and 8:27 pm.
  • 160-004 8:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:27 pm to 8:31 pm.
  • 239-004 8:27 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:27 pm to 8:31 pm.
  • 160-005 8:31 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:31 pm and 8:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 160-003, January 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/160-003 (accessed October 11, 2026).