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Nixon White House recording on unintelligible audio and Camp David

Monday, October 30, 1972 · 12:01 AM–8:55 AM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 13 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation182-003 on Tape 182StartMonday, October 30, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndMonday, October 30, 1972 at 8:55 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 182-003 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a brief, 27-second audio segment from the Camp David Study Desk taping system. Despite a subsequent review, the audio remains unintelligible, consisting primarily of blank or unclear content. No substantive discussions, decisions, or participants can be identified from the available recording.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

On October 30, 1972, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:55 am, but the conversation appears to be blank. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 182-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 182-3

Date: October 29, 1972
Time: Unknown
Location: Camp David Study Desk

This portion of the tape appears to be blank. However, conversation may have taken place.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and released
11/08/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[182-003-w001]
[Duration: 27s]

[This portion of the tape appears to be blank. However, conversations may have taken place.]

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Also recorded on October 30, 1972

  • 152-001 7:55 PM · 1 min — John V. Brennan and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 152-002 7:55 PM · 2 min — John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, unknown person(s), and Dan Milne talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 222-002 7:55 PM · 13 sec — John V. Brennan and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 222-003 7:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 8:58 pm.
  • 152-003 8:55 PM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and John G. Tower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 9:02 pm.
  • 182-001 8:55 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and John G. Tower talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 9:02 pm.
  • 222-004 8:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John V. Brennan, Camp David operator, and John G. Tower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 9:03 pm.
  • 222-005 9:30 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 9:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 182-003, October 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/182-003 (accessed October 5, 2026).