Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 238 › Conversation 238-012

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Saturday, December 30, 1972 · 12:29 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation238-012 on Tape 238StartSaturday, December 30, 1972 at 12:29 PMEndSaturday, December 30, 1972 at 12:29 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 238-012 ↗

A 9-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 December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:29 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 238-012 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 238-12

Date: December 30, 1972
Time: 12:29 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 158-50]

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

  • 158-049 12:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 238-011 12:27 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:27 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 158-050 12:29 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:29 pm.
  • 158-051 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:35 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 238-013 12:35 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Adm. Thomas H. Moorer met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:35 pm to 12:37 pm.
  • 158-052 12:37 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:38 pm.
  • 238-014 12:37 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:38 pm.
  • 158-053 12:38 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:38 pm.

Conversation 238-012, December 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/238-012 (accessed November 3, 2026).