Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 134 › Conversation 134-003

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles G. Zubrod and Camp David

Saturday, June 24, 1972 · 9:14 AM–9:15 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 38 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation134-003 on Tape 134 (tape position 00:02:13–00:02:51)StartSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 9:14 AMEndSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 9:15 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 134-003 ↗

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection with Dr. Charles G. Zubrod. Nixon provided the operator with specific details regarding Dr. Zubrod’s current location at the International Hotel at Kennedy Airport in New York. The conversation focused exclusively on securing this communication link before the doctor departed his location.

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Yes, please.
Sir, could you get me Dr. Zubrob?
Z-U-B-R-O-B.
Z-U-B-R-O-B.
He is at the International Hotel at Kennedy Airport.
He's going to be leaving.
That's the International Hotel at Kennedy Airport in New York.
Kennedy Airport in New York.
Kennedy Airport, New York International Hotel.
Yes, sir.
U-B-R-O-D.
Okay.
Thank you.
Yes.

On June 24, 1972, 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. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 134-003 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 134-3

Date: June 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:14 and 9:15 am
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

The President talked with Camp David operator.

[See also Conversation No. 194-4]

     Request for a call to Dr. Charles G. Zubrod
         -Possible location
  • 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.
  • 134-002 9:12 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Craig S. Campbell talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:12 am to 9:14 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.
  • 134-004 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.
  • 194-006 9:22 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:22 am to 9:50 am.

Conversation 134-003, June 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/134-003 (accessed October 8, 2026).