President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call to Hobart D. Lewis. The interaction served strictly as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President to Mr. Lewis. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occurred during this brief exchange.
On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 167-21
Date: May 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:34 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Telephone call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis
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