Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-002

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Personal communications

Tuesday, August 15, 1972 · 8:43 PM–9:30 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation140-002 on Tape 140StartTuesday, August 15, 1972 at 8:43 PMEndTuesday, August 15, 1972 at 9:30 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President to his daughter. No political or administrative business was conducted during the exchange.

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If you'd ring Julie for me, please.

Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-2

Date: August 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 202-12]

     Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on August 16, 1972

176-001 8:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:17 pm to 8:25 pm.
202-009 8:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:17 pm to 8:25 pm.
176-002 8:25 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm.
202-010 8:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm.
176-003 8:41 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:41 pm to 8:43 pm.
202-011 8:41 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:41 pm to 8:43 pm.
202-012 8:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm.
140-003 9:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:30 pm to 9:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-002, August 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).