Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 199 › Conversation 199-009

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Sunday, August 13, 1972 · 10:13 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation199-009 on Tape 199StartSunday, August 13, 1972 at 10:13 AMEndSunday, August 13, 1972 at 10:13 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 199-009 ↗

An 8-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 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.

Conversation 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 yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 137-014 10:11 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:11 am to 10:12 am.
  • 199-008 10:11 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:11 am to 10:12 am.
  • 137-015 10:15 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:15 am.
  • 137-016 10:15 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:15 am.
  • 137-017 10:15 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:19 am.
  • 199-010 10:15 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 10:15 am.
  • 199-011 10:15 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:19 am.
  • 137-018 10:19 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:19 am to 10:22 am.

Conversation 199-009, August 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/199-009 (accessed November 5, 2026).