President Nixon held a brief administrative exchange with the Camp David operator while at the Aspen Lodge. The conversation functioned as a standard interaction to manage communications and logistics at the presidential retreat. No substantive policy matters or historical developments were recorded during this short contact.
On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 205-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 205-9 Date: August 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 140-41] (rev. Oct-06)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.