Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-021

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on George Meany and AFL-CIO

Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 9:58 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation140-021 on Tape 140StartThursday, August 17, 1972 at 9:58 AMEndThursday, August 17, 1972 at 9:58 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief administrative call to the Camp David operator to request that she facilitate a telephone connection to George Meany. This action suggests the President intended to conduct private outreach to the AFL-CIO president regarding labor or political matters. No substantive policy discussions took place, as the exchange was limited to the initiation of the requested call.

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Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:58 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-21

Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 9:58 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 203-10]

     Request for a call to George Meany

Also 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.
  • 140-020 9:57 AM · 13 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.
  • 140-022 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-021, 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/140-021 (accessed October 5, 2026).