President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David operator to request that H.R. Haldeman be located. The President intended to notify his Chief of Staff that he was departing for the Aspen Cabin. This interaction served primarily as a logistical coordination of the President's movements while on the presidential retreat grounds.
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.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation 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 -Aspen Cabin (rev. Mar-02)
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