Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-052
Nixon phone call with McKee on Camp David and Presidential staff
Friday, November 17, 1972 · 8:40 PM–8:41 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 28 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated a brief, informal telephone call to Patricia B. McKee while she was attending a dinner at Laurel Lodge. The purpose of the contact was to check on the quality of her evening rather than to conduct official business. Nixon concluded the conversation by stating that he would provide her with routine work assignments the following morning.
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NARA Description
On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia B. McKee talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 8:41 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-052 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-52
Date: November 17, 1972
Time: 8:40 pm - 8:41 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Patricia B. McKee.
[See Conversation No. 226-19
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McKee’s location
-Dinner
-Laurel Lodge
Work for McKeeAlso recorded on November 17, 1972
- 153-047 1:15 PM · 12 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 6:20 pm.
- 226-014 1:15 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 226-035 1:15 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 226-036 1:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:20 pm.
- 153-048 6:20 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:20 pm to 6:24 pm.
- 226-015 6:20 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:20 pm to 6:24 pm.
- 153-049 6:24 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 8:33 pm.
- 226-016 6:24 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:24 pm and 8:33 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-052, November 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-052 (accessed October 27, 2026).