Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 138 › Conversation 138-001

Camp David Operator phone call on Camp David and Communication

Friday, July 28, 1972 · 8:29 PM–9:54 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 14 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Camp David OperatorConversation138-001 on Tape 138StartFriday, July 28, 1972 at 8:29 PMEndSaturday, July 29, 1972 at 9:54 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 138-001 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified individual initiated a call through the Camp David operator to reach Major Freed at his quarters. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish telephone contact with the major. No further substantive policy or administrative details were captured in this recording.

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Would you get me Major Freed's quarters, please?
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:29 pm on July 28, 1972 and 9:54 am on July 29, 1972. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 138-1

Date: Unknown between July 28 and 29, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:29 pm, July 28, and 9:54 am, July 29, 1972
Location: Camp David Study Table

An unknown man talked with the Camp David operator.

     Request for a call to Major [Forename unknown] Freed

Also recorded on July 29, 1972

  • 138-002 8:29 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 8:29 pm on July 28, 1972 and 9:54 am on July 29, 1972.
  • 198-001 8:30 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 9:54 am.
  • 138-006 9:00 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:25 am.
  • 138-003 9:54 AM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:54 am to 10:07 am.
  • 138-004 10:07 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 10:09 am.
  • 138-005 10:09 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:09 am to 10:18 am.
  • 198-008 10:18 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 10:18 am on July 29, 1972 and 10:25 am on July 30, 1972.
  • 138-007 10:25 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:25 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 138-001, July 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/138-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).