President Nixon initiates a brief administrative call with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study. The interaction focuses on routine logistical coordination regarding telecommunications at the retreat. No policy decisions or substantive political developments occur during this short exchange.
On August 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 10:13 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 199-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 199-9 Date: August 13, 1972 Time: 10:13 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 137-15]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.