Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 225 › Conversation 225-033
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Norman Chandler
Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 1:35 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiates a call to the Camp David operator to request a connection to Mr. Norman Chandler in Los Angeles. The brief interaction serves primarily as a logistical arrangement to reach the prominent publisher. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are documented in this segment.
- Norman Chandler
- Logistics
- Communications
- Camp David
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NARA Description
On November 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:35 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-033 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 225-33 Date: November 16, 1972 Time: 1:35 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 153-32]
Also recorded on November 16, 1972
- 153-032 1:35 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:35 pm.
- 153-033 1:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
- 225-034 1:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
- 225-041 1:36 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 1:51 pm.
- 153-034 1:51 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:51 pm to 1:57 pm.
- 225-035 1:51 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:51 pm to 1:57 pm.
- 153-035 1:57 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:08 pm.
- 153-036 2:08 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 225-033, November 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/225-033 (accessed October 9, 2026).