Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 140 › Conversation 140-051
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on H.R. Haldeman and Camp David
Sunday, August 20, 1972 · 12:36 PM–4:00 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 10 sec
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On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-051 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 140-51
Date: August 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 206-13]
Request for H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
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Also recorded on August 20, 1972
- 140-049 11:25 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm.
- 206-008 11:25 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm.
- 140-050 12:27 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:27 pm to 12:36 pm.
- 206-009 12:27 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:27 pm and 1:00 pm.
- 206-010 12:36 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 206-011 12:36 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 206-012 12:36 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm.
- 206-013 12:36 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 12:36 pm and 4:00 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 140-051, August 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-051 (accessed November 2, 2026).