Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-015
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on H. R. Haldeman
Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 8:45 AM–9:01 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator connect him to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a senior advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.
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NARA Description
On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:45 am and 9:01 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 140-15
Date: August 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:45 am and 9:01 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 203-4]
Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) HaldemanAlso recorded on August 17, 1972
- 140-016 9:01 AM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:01 am to 9:47 am.
- 203-004 9:01 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:01 am.
- 203-005 9:01 AM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:01 am to 9:47 am.
- 140-017 9:47 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:47 am.
- 203-006 9:47 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:47 am.
- 140-018 9:48 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:48 am to 9:54 am.
- 203-007 9:48 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:48 am to 9:54 am.
- 140-019 9:57 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:57 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 140-015, August 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-015 (accessed October 13, 2026).