Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 191 › Conversation 191-007

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Thursday, May 18, 1972 · 11:08 AM–11:22 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation191-007 on Tape 191 (tape position 00:31:09–00:31:35)StartThursday, May 18, 1972 at 11:08 AMEndThursday, May 18, 1972 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 191-007 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417174499 ↗

A 3-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:22 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 191-007 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 191-7

Date: May 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:08 and 11:22 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 131-28]

[End of telephone conversation]

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 131-027 10:58 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:58 am to 11:08 am.
  • 191-005 10:58 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:58 am to 11:08 am.
  • 131-028 11:08 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:22 am.
  • 191-006 11:08 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:22 am.
  • 131-029 11:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:22 am to 11:23 am.
  • 191-008 11:22 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:22 am to 11:23 am.
  • 131-030 11:23 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:24 am.
  • 191-009 11:23 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:24 am.

Conversation 191-007, May 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417174499). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/191-007 (accessed November 9, 2026).