Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 145 › Conversation 145-025
Camp David Operator phone call on Camp David and Communications
Monday, October 2, 1972 · 9:16 PM–8:40 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 29 sec
AI Summary
An unknown individual initiated a brief administrative request with the Camp David operator to page two specific individuals. The exchange serves as a logistical record of communication protocols used by the White House staff stationed at Camp David. No substantive policy matters or historical developments are addressed in this short transmission.
- Camp David
- Logistics
- Communications
- Paging system
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NARA Description
Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:16 pm on October 2, 1972 and 8:40 am on October 3, 1972. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-025 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 145-25
Date: Unknown between October 2 and 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:10 pm, October 2 and 8:40 am, October 3, 1972
Location: Camp David Study Table
An unknown man talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 216-1]
Paging system
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[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 02/06/2019 with new
guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
[Federal Statute]
[145-025-w001]
[Duration: 12s]
Agent Slade
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on October 3, 1972
- 145-022 8:43 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 214-034 8:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 214-035 8:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
- 145-023 8:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
- 214-036 8:51 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
- 145-024 8:54 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:54 pm and 9:09 pm.
- 214-037 8:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:54 pm.
- 145-026 9:16 PM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:16 pm on October 2, 1972 and 8:40 am on October 3, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 145-025, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).