Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 137 › Conversation 137-006
Cox & Palmby on Camp David and Telecommunications
Friday, August 11, 1972 · 8:30 PM–10:20 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 17 sec
AI Summary
Edward R. F. Cox and Clarence D. Palmby engaged in a telephone conversation originating from the Camp David Study Table. The interaction involved coordination through the White House operator to facilitate communication between the participants. Given the presence of withdrawn material and the administrative nature of the call, no substantive policy discussions or significant presidential decisions were recorded in the available transcript.
- Camp David
- Telecommunications
- Administrative coordination
- Edward R. F. Cox
- Clarence D. Palmby
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NARA Description
On August 11, 1972, Edward R. F. Cox, Clarence D. Palmby, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 10:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 137-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 137-6
Date: August 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:30 pm and 10:20 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
Edward R.F. Cox talked with the Camp David operator.
Call for Cox
Edward Cox talked with Kent [Surname unknown] at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and
10:20 pm.
[See Conversation No. 201-8]
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 4m 12s ]
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on August 12, 1972
- 201-008 8:30 PM · 13 sec — Edward R. F. Cox, unknown person(s), and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 10:20 pm.
- 137-007 8:50 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 10:35 am.
- 201-010 8:50 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 10:35 am.
- 137-008 10:35 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:35 am to 11:11 am.
- 201-013 10:35 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:35 am to 11:11 am.
- 201-014 11:11 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:11 am and 7:10 pm.
- 199-001 12:58 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:58 pm on August 12, 1972 and 9:38 am on August 13, 1972.
- 201-015 12:58 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:58 pm and 7:10 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 137-006, August 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/137-006 (accessed October 12, 2026).