Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-044

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

Saturday, August 19, 1972 · 3:03 PM–3:23 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation140-044 on Tape 140StartSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 3:03 PMEndSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 3:23 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 140-044 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with a Camp David operator to coordinate an upcoming telephone call with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The operator informed the President that Haldeman was currently occupied on another line and would be connected as soon as he became available. This brief administrative interaction served solely to facilitate the transition to a pending discussion between the President and his senior advisor.

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Yeah.
Mr. President, Mr. Haldeman will be with you shortly.
He's on another call at the present time.
All right.
Fine.

NARA Description

On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:23 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-044 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 140-44

Date: August 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:03 pm and 3:23 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The Camp David operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 205-16]

     Forthcoming return call from H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman

Also recorded on August 19, 1972

  • 140-043 3:03 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:03 pm.
  • 205-015 3:03 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 3:03 pm.
  • 205-016 3:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 3:23 pm.
  • 140-045 3:23 PM · 31 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:23 pm to 3:36 pm.
  • 205-017 3:23 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:23 pm to 3:26 pm.
  • 176-009 3:26 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 205-018 3:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:26 pm and 4:22 pm.
  • 205-019 3:26 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 3:26 pm and 4:22 pm.

All 35 conversations from August 19, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 140-044, August 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-044 (accessed October 8, 2026).