Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-037

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Saturday, August 19, 1972 · 11:25 AM–11:42 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation140-037 on Tape 140StartSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 11:25 AMEndSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 11:42 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a request for assistance in connecting the President to his wife. No substantive policy or political matters were addressed during this communication.

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Yes, please.

Mrs. Nixon, please.

Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:42 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-37

Date: August 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:25 am and 11:42 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked to the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 205-3]

     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

Also recorded on August 19, 1972

205-003 11:25 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:42 am.
205-004 11:25 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:42 am.
140-038 11:42 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:42 am to 11:49 am.
205-005 11:42 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:42 am to 11:49 am.
140-039 11:49 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm.
205-006 11:49 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm.
205-007 11:49 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:02 pm.
140-040 12:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:02 pm to 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-037, August 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-037 (accessed October 8, 2026).