Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-028

Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Camp David and Diplomatic protocol

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 3:11 PM–3:18 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation224-028 on Tape 224StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 3:11 PMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 3:18 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 224-028 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discussed the logistical arrangements for upcoming travel, specifically regarding how to inform foreign capitals of prospective visit plans without creating a formal or official appearance. Nixon also focused on infrastructure improvements at Camp David, emphasizing the installation of secure communication equipment to facilitate working remotely. These efforts aimed to establish the retreat as a functional, long-term office space for administrative staff.

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Hi, Henry.
It's all right.
All right.
Oh, fine.
Fine.
Okay.
Who would put it on the basis of a sort of sting kind of thing?
I mean, no, but you might just tell him that their candidate plans are sometime in December to be in the capitals, and they thought they might like to go to the capitals.
and sort of low-key that they're going to make the trip.
But on the basis that we don't want any official or anything like that, we just want to just inform them as a matter of courtesy that they can actually do something.
But then I'm not asking that they lay on any special, but they will have to know the dates and so forth.
Because it's still a very hot, very, very minimal secret service that we have in March.
I think that I told Bob that I want the signaler up here to...
So I think that'll be much better than trying to do it down there where it's sort of by your own control.
So that you can go out.
We've got a, we have set up a trailer, a big trailer out here anyway for a briefing for the press.
So it's all, so they can go out and they've got telephones on and everything.
And that, we're trying to build, we are building this as sort of an office now so people might come here and work and be on vacation.
Okay, nothing else to... Alright, fine, fine.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:11 pm to 3:18 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-028 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 224-28

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 3:11 pm – 3:18 pm.
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

[See Conversation No. 153-22]

[End of telephone conversation]

Also recorded on November 14, 1972

  • 153-021 3:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 224-027 3:08 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 224-030 3:08 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 224-031 3:08 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:08 pm and 3:11 pm.
  • 153-022 3:11 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:11 pm to 3:18 pm.
  • 153-023 3:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:21 pm.
  • 153-024 3:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm.
  • 224-029 3:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 224-028, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/224-028 (accessed September 24, 2026).