Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 135 › Conversation 135-011

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Thursday, June 29, 1972 · 1:43 PM–11:59 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 41 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation135-011 on Tape 135 (tape position 00:50:22–00:50:43)StartThursday, June 29, 1972 at 1:43 PMEndThursday, June 29, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 135-011 ↗

An unidentified man engaged in a brief telephone exchange with Captain Hunter at Camp David. The conversation appears to be a routine logistical communication involving the White House signal operator or duty officer. No significant policy discussions or substantive historical decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.

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Please, please.
Signal, please.
Thank you, sir.
Whiteout, signal.
Duty officer, please.
Thank you.
Why don't you give me a kiss, Captain Hunter?
Yeah, Captain.
Everything's straight.
Okay.
I've got no problems up here, and he's in there coming to you in the soup.
Yeah, it's still foggy up there?
Oh, it's still foggy.
You can't see the top of the tree.
They just went out of sight straight up.
Yeah.
Okie dokie.
Thank you very much.
All right.
Bye.
Bye.

On June 29, 1972, unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 135-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 135-11

Date: June 29, 1972
Time: Unknown after 1:43 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

An unknown man talked with Captain [Forename unknown] Hunter.

     President's location

     Weather
  • 135-009 1:43 PM · 5 sec — unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 135-010 1:43 PM · 33 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 135-012 1:43 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) and Frank A. Sisco talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 135-013 1:43 PM · 46 sec — unknown person(s) and the White House operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 135-014 1:43 PM · 44 sec — Frank A. Sisco, San Clemente operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 195-015 1:43 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 195-016 1:43 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 1:57 pm.
  • 195-017 1:43 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 11:59 pm.

Conversation 135-011, June 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/135-011 (accessed October 12, 2026).