Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 216 › Conversation 216-001

Camp David Operator & United States Secret Service agents on Camp David

Monday, October 2, 1972 · 10:10 PM–8:40 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 4 min

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agents; Camp David OperatorConversation216-001 on Tape 216StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 10:10 PMEndTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 8:40 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 216-001 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 651227691 ↗

AI Summary

Secret Service agents and a Camp David operator held an informal discussion at Aspen Lodge regarding logistical operations and equipment management. The dialogue primarily concerned the tracking of specific paging devices and the coordination of the President's upcoming schedule. Participants also briefly touched upon travel logistics involving the Baltimore office and a social engagement.

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NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 10:10 pm on October 2, 1972 and 8:40 am on October 3, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 216-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 216-1

Date: Unknown between October 2 and 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:10 pm, October 2, 1972 and 8:40 am, October 3, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

Unknown men [Secret Service agents] met.

        [Unintelligible]

        The President's schedule
            -Use of items
            -Return to Camp David

        Paging devices
            -Number 856 858
                -Owner

An unknown talked with the Camp David operator at an unknown time between 10:10 pm,
October 2 and 8:40 am, October 3, 1972.

[Conversation No. 216-1A]

[See Conversation No. 145-25; one item has been withdrawn]

[End of telephone conversation]

        Baltimore office

        Schedule
            -Baltimore
                -Party

The conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 8:40 am, October 3, 1972.

Transcript (AI-generated)

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I don't like to use these lights at night.
8-5-6-7, 8-5-8, there's one missing, we'll tell you about that today.
Yes, I have paid for it.
It's 856 and 858.
Each other with one agent.
Who'd that go to?
He said it was all four of them.

— 1 min 30 s with no transcribed speech —

I'll let them have it for tomorrow.
Yeah, he went down there today for a cocktail party with all of them.

Also recorded on October 2, 1972

  • 145-022 8:43 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
  • 214-034 8:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
  • 145-023 8:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
  • 214-036 8:51 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
  • 145-024 8:54 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:54 pm and 9:09 pm.
  • 214-037 8:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:54 pm.
  • 145-025 9:16 PM · 29 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:16 pm on October 2, 1972 and 8:40 am on October 3, 1972.
  • 145-026 9:16 PM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:16 pm on October 2, 1972 and 8:40 am on October 3, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 216-001, October 2, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 651227691). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/216-001 (accessed October 29, 2026).