President Richard Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study. The interaction served as a routine administrative request to facilitate telephone connectivity while the President was in residence. No policy matters or significant executive decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.
On September 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 11:27 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 211-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 211-14 Date: September 17, 1972 Time: 11:27 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation no. 143-3]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.