Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 134 › Conversation 134-002

Nixon phone call with Campbell on Pennsylvania flooding and Hurricane Agnes

Saturday, June 24, 1972 · 9:12 AM–9:14 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 1 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Campbell, Craig S.Conversation134-002 on Tape 134 (tape position 00:00:47–00:02:13)StartSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 9:12 AMEndSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 9:14 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 134-002 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417175211 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Craig S. Campbell coordinate the logistics for a presidential visit to the flood-stricken Susquehanna River area in Pennsylvania. Following recommendations from John Ehrlichman and Ron Ziegler, they determine the destination of Steelton and settle on a 10:00 am departure time. It is further decided that the press will accompany the President on the aircraft for the duration of the trip.

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NARA Description

On June 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Craig S. Campbell talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:12 am to 9:14 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 134-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 134-2

Date: June 24, 1972
Time: 9:12-9:14 am
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

The President talked with Craig S. Campbell.

[See also Conversation No. 194-3]

     The President's possible visit to flooded area in Pennsylvania
          -John D. Ehrlichman's recommendation
          -Visit to Susquehanna River area
                -Harrisburg
                      -Duration of visit
                -Flood
          -Ronald L. Ziegler's recommendation
                -Press coverage
          -Time of departure

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If you'd like me to come back, sir.
No, no, no.
Just give me the word.
All right, sir.
Mr. Ellington is up here, and there are two options.
Yes, sir.
He recommends Steelton, Pennsylvania, which is up on the Susquehanna.
There's a large pathway of steel there.
No, sir.
We can do it in about an hour and 10 minutes, hour and 15 minutes.
Each way?
No, sir.
Total.
It's about 20 minutes up to here.
We can go there.
There are people in the area, and we'll see what it looks like when we get up there, and we could possibly land.
If you want to do that, I don't know, but that's the possibility of it.
And, uh...
Yes, sir.
It's the one he recommends.
Mr. Ziegler has recommended that we put full press on the airplane.
All right, sir.
We have a little plane at about 10 o'clock.
Uh, what time do you have now?
It's, uh, 9.15 right now, sir.
Well, let's make it.
All right, sir.
Yes, sir.
All right.
All right, sir.

Also recorded on June 24, 1972

  • 134-001 9:05 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:12 am.
  • 194-002 9:05 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 9:12 am.
  • 194-003 9:12 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Craig S. Campbell met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:12 am to 9:14 am.
  • 134-003 9:14 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:15 am.
  • 134-004 9:14 AM · 58 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:15 am.
  • 194-004 9:14 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:15 am.
  • 194-005 9:15 AM · 48 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:15 am and 9:22 am.
  • 134-005 9:22 AM · 28 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:22 am to 9:50 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 134-002, June 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175211). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/134-002 (accessed November 2, 2026).