Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 133 › Conversation 133-012

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Thursday, June 8, 1972 · 11:25 AM–12:30 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 34 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation133-012 on Tape 133 (tape position 02:53:08–02:53:42)StartThursday, June 8, 1972 at 11:25 AMEndThursday, June 8, 1972 at 12:30 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 133-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection to Aspen Lodge. The brief exchange served as a logistical arrangement to reach a specific location or individual within the Camp David complex. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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tomorrow.
To Aspen, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On June 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 133-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 133-12

Date: June 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:25 am and 12:30 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 12/19/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[133-012-w001]
[Duration: 26s]

     [Dead air]

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     The President’s schedule
          -Meeting with unknown person

     Request for a call to Aspen Lodge

Also recorded on June 8, 1972

  • 193-014 10:36 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:36 am to 11:25 am.
  • 133-010 10:51 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 193-013 10:51 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:56 am.
  • 133-011 10:56 AM · 29 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:56 am to 11:25 am.
  • 133-013 11:25 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:31 pm.
  • 193-015 11:25 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:31 pm.
  • 193-016 11:25 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:31 pm.
  • 193-017 11:25 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:31 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 133-012, June 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/133-012 (accessed October 8, 2026).