Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 167 › Conversation 167-019
Nixon phone call with Camp David operator on H.R. Haldeman and Camp David
Sunday, May 20, 1973 · 3:15 PM–3:30 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator connect him via telephone to his former Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge for the President to initiate a private communication with a key aide during his stay at Camp David. The call highlights the ongoing, off-the-record access Nixon maintained with Haldeman despite the latter's recent resignation amidst the burgeoning Watergate scandal.
- H.R. Haldeman
- Presidential communication
- Camp David
- Watergate aftermath
- White House staff
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NARA Description
On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 167-19
Date: May 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanAlso recorded on May 20, 1973
- 167-016 2:55 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:55 pm to 3:07 pm.
- 167-017 3:07 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 3:13 pm.
- 167-018 3:13 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:13 pm to 3:15 pm.
- 167-020 3:30 PM · 12 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:30 pm.
- 167-021 3:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm.
- 167-022 3:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:34 pm to 3:35 pm.
- 167-023 3:35 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:36 pm.
- 167-024 3:36 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:36 pm to 3:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 167-019, May 20, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/167-019 (accessed October 12, 2026).