Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 136 › Conversation 136-022

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on H.R. Haldeman

Sunday, July 23, 1972 · 12:25 PM–12:26 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation136-022 on Tape 136 (tape position 01:41:44–01:42:03)StartSunday, July 23, 1972 at 12:25 PMEndSunday, July 23, 1972 at 12:26 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 136-022 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call to the Camp David operator to request a connection with H.R. Haldeman. The exchange served primarily as an administrative communication to facilitate immediate contact with his Chief of Staff. No policy discussions took place during this brief interaction.

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Operator.
Jim David.
Could I have Mr. Haldeman out, please?
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:26 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-022 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 136-22

Date: July 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:25 and 12:26 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table (telephone)

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 196-9]

       Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on July 23, 1972

  • 136-023 12:23 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:23 pm.
  • 196-009 12:25 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:25 pm and 12:26 pm.
  • 196-010 12:26 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:26 pm.
  • 196-011 12:26 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:26 pm.
  • 196-012 12:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:26 pm to 12:29 pm.
  • 196-013 12:29 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 196-014 12:29 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm.
  • 196-015 12:29 PM · 32 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 1:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 136-022, July 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-022 (accessed October 12, 2026).