Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-020
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on John B. Connally
Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 9:57 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator regarding the scheduling of a telephone call from John B. Connally, who was currently occupied in a conversation with Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. Nixon indicated that he was available to receive the call whenever Connally finished his discussion with Haldeman. No further substantive matters were addressed during this brief logistical coordination.
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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 9:57 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-020 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 140-20
Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 9:57 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The Camp David operator talked with the President.
[See Conversation No. 203-9]
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule
-John B. Connally
-Forthcoming call to the PresidentAlso recorded on August 17, 1972
- 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.
- 203-008 9:57 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:57 am.
- 203-009 9:57 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:57 am.
- 140-021 9:58 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:58 am.
- 140-022 9:58 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:16 am.
- 203-010 9:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:58 am.
- 203-011 9:58 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:16 am.
- 203-012 9:58 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:16 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 140-020, 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/140-020 (accessed October 5, 2026).