Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 183 › Conversation 183-004
Camp David Operator, Brennan & Toumayan on Camp David
Monday, November 27, 1972 · 9:30 AM–11:14 AM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 1 min
AI Summary
Major John V. Brennan and the Camp David operator coordinated logistics for an impending telephone call between President Nixon and Ivorian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny. The participants established the technical setup for the call, specifying which phone lines would be used for the President and his interpreter. Brennan instructed the operator on the protocol for signaling the arrival of the call so he could transfer the connection to the President.
- Camp David
- Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- Ivory Coast
- Telecommunications
- White House logistics
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NARA Description
On November 27, 1972, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and Alex G. Toumayan talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 183-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 183-4
Date: November 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:30 am and 11:14 am
Location: Camp David Study Desk
Major John V. ("Jack") Brennan talked with the Camp David operator.
Alec G. Toumayan can be heard in the background.
[See Conversation Nos. 156-3 and 231-3]
Telephone call
The President’s forthcoming conversation with Felix Houphouet-Boigny
-Preparations for incoming call
-Ivory Coast
-Lines
-The President
-[Toumayan]
-Check of line
-TimeAlso recorded on November 27, 1972
- 156-001 9:30 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am.
- 156-002 9:30 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am.
- 156-003 9:30 AM · 18 min — Camp David operator, John V. Brennan, President Richard M. Nixon, and Felix Houphouet-Boigny talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:20 am.
- 183-005 9:30 AM · 17 min — Camp David operator, John V. Brennan, Alex G. Toumayan, President Richard M. Nixon, and Felix Houphouet-Boigny talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:20 am.
- 231-001 9:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am.
- 231-002 9:30 AM · 44 sec — John V. Brennan and Alex G. Toumayan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am.
- 231-003 9:30 AM · 17 min — John V. Brennan, Alex G. Toumayan, Camp David operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Felix Houphouet-Boigny met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am.
- 231-019 9:30 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 11:14 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 183-004, November 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/183-004 (accessed October 10, 2026).