Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 134 › Conversation 134-012

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on International Calls

Saturday, June 24, 1972 · 5:50 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation134-012 on Tape 134 (tape position 00:33:55–00:34:04)StartSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 5:50 PMEndSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 5:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 134-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator initiate an international telephone call to Dr. Charles G. Zubrod in Paris. The brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to facilitate this specific connection. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during the brief interaction.

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Yes, please, you try that call to that doctor in Paris now, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On June 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 134-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 134-12

Date: June 24, 1972
Time: 5:50 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See also Conversation No. 194-16]

     Request for a call to Dr. Charles G. Zubrod

Also recorded on June 24, 1972

  • 194-016 5:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 5:50 pm.
  • 194-017 5:50 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 134-013 5:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:56 pm.
  • 134-014 5:56 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 7:12 pm.
  • 194-018 5:56 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 5:56 pm.
  • 194-019 5:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 7:12 pm.
  • 134-015 7:12 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:12 pm to 7:34 pm.
  • 194-020 7:12 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:12 pm to 7:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 134-012, 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/134-012 (accessed October 12, 2026).