Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-030

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

Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 10:51 PM–11:02 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation140-030 on Tape 140StartThursday, August 17, 1972 at 10:51 PMEndThursday, August 17, 1972 at 11:02 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-030 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication. The primary purpose of this brief exchange was to request a telephone connection with White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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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 an unknown time between 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-30

Date: August 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 204-5]

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

Also recorded on August 18, 1972

  • 204-005 10:51 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 10:51 pm and 11:02 pm.
  • 140-031 11:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:02 pm to 11:04 pm.
  • 204-006 11:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:02 pm to 11:04 pm.
  • 140-032 11:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 140-033 11:04 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 204-007 11:04 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 204-008 11:04 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 11:04 pm and 11:43 pm.
  • 204-009 11:04 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Camp David operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:04 pm on August 17, 1972 and 12:45 am on August 18, 1972.

All 22 conversations from August 18, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-030, August 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-030 (accessed September 18, 2026).