President Nixon initiates a telephone call through the Camp David operator to reach John N. Mitchell. The primary purpose of the contact is to facilitate a direct communication between the President and his former Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative request.
On June 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 4:55 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 172-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 172-3 Date: June 9, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:20 and 4:55 pm Location: Camp David Study Desk (telephone) The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 192-20] Request for John N. Mitchell
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