Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 145 › Conversation 145-026
Camp David Operator phone call on Camp David and Telephone communication
Monday, October 2, 1972 · 9:16 PM–8:40 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified individual initiated a brief telephone communication with the Camp David operator during the overnight hours of October 2–3, 1972. The caller requested to be connected to an individual identified as Agent Slade. Due to the limited nature of the recording and the absence of a transcript, no substantive policy decisions or political topics were identified.
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
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 145-026 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 145-26
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.
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[Previous PRMPA Statute (A) withdrawal. This segment was rereviewed 08.21.2018 with new
guidance. Segment cleared for release.]
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[Duration: 19s]
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.
- 145-025 9:16 PM · 29 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 145-026, 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/145-026 (accessed October 12, 2026).