Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 133 › Conversation 133-021

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Richard G. Kleindienst

Friday, June 9, 1972 · 9:30 AM–10:23 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation133-021 on Tape 133 (tape position 03:09:40–03:09:47)StartFriday, June 9, 1972 at 9:30 AMEndFriday, June 9, 1972 at 10:23 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 133-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to initiate this official communication. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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Yes, Lance.
You get me Mr. Klein-Deese, the Attorney General, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On June 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:23 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 133-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 133-21
Date: June 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:30 and 10:23 am
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

     Request for a call to Richard G. Kleindienst

Also recorded on June 9, 1972

  • 192-001 9:30 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:23 am.
  • 192-002 9:30 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:23 am.
  • 133-022 10:23 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:23 am.
  • 133-023 10:23 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:23 am and 10:29 am.
  • 192-003 10:23 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 10:23 am.
  • 192-004 10:23 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 10:23 am and 10:29 am.
  • 192-007 10:24 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:24 am to 10:47 am.
  • 133-024 10:29 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:29 am to 10:32 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 133-021, June 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/133-021 (accessed October 8, 2026).