Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-025

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on H. R. Haldeman

Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 11:10 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation140-025 on Tape 140StartThursday, August 17, 1972 at 11:10 AMEndThursday, August 17, 1972 at 11:10 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. Upon learning that Haldeman was currently occupied on another call, the President instructed the operator to hold the request and notify him as soon as the line became available. This brief exchange served to coordinate administrative connectivity while the President was working from the Camp David Study.

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Yes, please.

Thank you, Mr. President.

If he's on the phone... Yeah, he is on the phone.

And you can call me when he finishes.

Sure, sir.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:10 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-25

Date: August 17, 1972
Time: 11:10 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 203-15]

     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
         -Instructions

Also recorded on August 17, 1972

140-023 10:16 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:16 am to 10:54 am.
140-024 10:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and George Meany talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:56 am to 10:58 am.
203-014 10:56 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George Meany met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:56 am to 10:58 am.
203-015 11:10 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 11:10 am.
203-016 11:10 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:22 am.
140-026 11:22 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:22 am to 11:29 am.
203-017 11:22 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:22 am to 11:29 am.
203-018 11:29 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:29 am and 1:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-025, 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/140-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).