Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 138 › Conversation 138-007

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on John B. Connally and Al Capp

Saturday, July 29, 1972 · 10:25 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation138-007 on Tape 138StartSaturday, July 29, 1972 at 10:25 AMEndSaturday, July 29, 1972 at 10:25 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 138-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to facilitate two high-level communications while he relocated to Birch Lodge. He requested that a message be left for cartoonist Al Capp to return his call, and directed the operator to attempt to reach Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination for the President's upcoming private correspondence.

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Hello?
Mr. President, he is out of his house for about a half an hour.
Would you like us to leave word and have him return the call?
Yeah, yeah.
I will be over in Birch by that time.
All right, fine, sir.
You can return it to me there.
Very fine.
Would you try Secretary Connolly for me, please?
Certainly, sir.

NARA Description

On July 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:25 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 138-7

Date: July 30, 1972
Time: 10:25 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The Camp David operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 198-15]

     Call to Al Capp
           -The President’s location
                -Birch Lodge

     Request for a call to John B. Connally

Also recorded on July 29, 1972

  • 138-001 8:29 PM · 14 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 138-008 10:28 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:28 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 138-007, 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/138-007 (accessed October 12, 2026).