Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 130 › Conversation 130-008
McLenden, Mahaffey & Camp David Operator on Camp David administration
Thursday, May 18, 1972 · 5:56 PM–11:59 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 1 min
AI Summary
Administrative staff members, including Robert Mahaffey and Kenneth T. McLenden, coordinate logistical details regarding staffing schedules and weekend leave from Camp David. The participants discuss an individual's intent to return home for the weekend, confirming that the Chief has approved his absence. The conversation concludes with a request to pass along a message to an associate named Conrad regarding upcoming social plans at the yacht.
- Camp David administration
- personnel scheduling
- leave requests
- logistics
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s), Camp David operator, Kenneth T. McLenden, and Robert Mahaffey talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 5:56 pm on May 18, 1972 and 11:59 pm on May 19, 1972. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 130-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 130-8
Date: Unknown between May 18 and 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:56 pm, May 18 and 11:59 pm, May 19
Location: Camp David Study Table
An unknown woman talked with the Camp David operator.
[See also Conversation No. 188-14B]
Call to Administration office
An unknown person talked with Kenneth T. [?] McLenden at an unknown time.
Call to Robert Mahaffey [?]
Mahaffey [?] talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.
Nancy's schedule
-Chief
-Conrad [Surname unknown]Also recorded on May 18, 1972
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- 130-007 5:56 PM · 2 min — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 5:56 pm on May 18, 1972 and 11:59 pm on May 19, 1972.
- 188-009 5:56 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 8:22 pm.
- 188-010 5:56 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 8:22 pm.
- 188-011 5:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 8:22 pm.
- 188-012 5:56 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 8:22 pm.
- 188-013 5:56 PM · 40 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 5:56 pm on May 18, 1972 and 11:59 pm on May 19, 1972.
- 188-014 5:56 PM · 20 min — Unknown person(s), Camp David operator, and Kenneth T. McLenden met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 5:56 pm on May 18, 1972 and 11:59 pm on May 19, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 130-008, May 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/130-008 (accessed October 10, 2026).