Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 192 › Conversation 192-010

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David and Telecommunications

Friday, June 9, 1972 · 3:20 PM–4:55 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation192-010 on Tape 192 (tape position 02:14:00–02:14:21)StartFriday, June 9, 1972 at 3:20 PMEndFriday, June 9, 1972 at 4:55 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 192-010 ↗

President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The interaction served as a brief administrative coordination for the President's communications while stationed at the Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments were recorded during this brief technical exchange.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 02:14:00 into the tape and ends around 02:14:21.

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

On June 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 4:55 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 192-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 192-10

Date: June 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:20 and 4:55 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 172-3]
  • 172-001 2:44 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:44 pm.
  • 172-002 2:44 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:44 pm to 3:20 pm.
  • 192-008 2:44 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 2:44 pm.
  • 192-009 2:44 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:44 pm to 3:20 pm.
  • 172-003 3:20 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:20 pm and 4:55 pm.
  • 172-004 4:55 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:55 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 192-011 4:55 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:55 pm to 5:07 pm.
  • 172-005 5:08 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:08 pm.

Conversation 192-010, June 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/192-010 (accessed October 8, 2026).