President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange served as a logistical step to enable high-level communication regarding ongoing foreign policy matters. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.
On February 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:36 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 162-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 162-5
Date: February 24, 1973
Time: 1:36 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Call to Henry A. KissingerNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.