President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served exclusively as a mechanism to establish a telephone connection between the two officials. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.
On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 11:14 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 184-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 184-7
Date: December 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:11 am and 11:14 am
Location: Camp David Study Desk
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.