President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a request for assistance in connecting the President to his wife. No substantive policy or political matters were addressed during this communication.
On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 11:42 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-037 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 140-37 Date: August 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:25 am and 11:42 am Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked to the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 205-3] Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon (rev. Mar-02)
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