Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 132 › Conversation 132-016

Camp David Operator phone call on Camp David

Thursday, May 18, 1972 · 12:00 AM–11:49 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 36 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Camp David OperatorConversation132-016 on Tape 132 (tape position 00:13:11–00:13:47)StartThursday, May 18, 1972 at 12:00 AMEndTuesday, June 6, 1972 at 11:49 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 132-016 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175133 ↗

AI Summary

An unknown individual attempted to reach an associate named Stanall by coordinating with the Camp David operator to contact the builder's shop. The conversation primarily concerns locating personnel on duty and status updates regarding the movement of a liner. No policy matters or substantive political business were discussed during this administrative exchange.

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NARA Description

Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 132-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 132-16

Date: Unknown between May 18, and June 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am, May 18 and 11:49 pm, June 6
Location: Camp David Study Table

An unknown man talked with the Camp David operator/unknown persons can be heard in the
background.

     Call to [Forename unknown] Stanall [sp?]

     Unknown man
         -Location

     Call to builder's shop

Transcript (AI-generated)

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You know where he is?
No, I don't.
Doesn't he wear a beeper?
No, he doesn't.
He has the duty.
He doesn't have the duty today.
Nick, could you give me a BU shop?
Try that.
What?
A BU shop.
No, it's not.
Thank you.
The liner is moving.
Oh, it is?
Yeah.
Okay, thank you.

Also recorded on May 18, 1972

  • 132-001 12:00 AM · 43 sec — Bill Beckman and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-002 12:00 AM · 47 sec — Bill Beckman and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-003 12:00 AM · 1 min — Bill Beckman and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-004 12:00 AM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-005 12:00 AM · 47 sec — Bill Beckman and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-006 12:00 AM · 52 sec — Bill Beckman and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-007 12:00 AM · 2 min — Bill Beckman and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.
  • 132-008 12:00 AM · 37 sec — Bill Beckman and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:00 am on May 18, 1972 and 11:49 pm on June 6, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 132-016, May 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175133). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/132-016 (accessed November 2, 2026).