Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-016

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Albert Sindlinger

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 12:40 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation224-016 on Tape 224StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 12:40 PMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 12:40 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 224-016 ↗

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to pollster Albert Sindlinger. The President provided instructions to obtain Sindlinger's contact information directly from the office of special counsel Charles Colson. This brief interaction served as an administrative step to connect the President with his advisor for a consultation.

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And could you get me Mr. Albert Sinlinger?
You can get his number from Mr. Colson's office, please.
Sinlinger.
Thank you.
Albert Sinlinger.
Thank you.

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:40 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-016 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 224-16

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 12:40 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 153-10]

[End of telephone conversation]
  • 153-010 12:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:40 pm.
  • 153-011 12:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:42 pm.
  • 153-012 12:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm.
  • 224-017 12:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm.
  • 224-018 12:44 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:10 pm.
  • 153-013 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 224-019 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
  • 153-014 1:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:05 pm.

Conversation 224-016, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/224-016 (accessed October 8, 2026).