Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 146 › Conversation 146-001

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Personal communication

Tuesday, October 3, 1972 · 6:00 PM–7:19 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation146-001 on Tape 146StartTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 6:00 PMEndTuesday, October 3, 1972 at 7:19 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 146-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The exchange was strictly administrative, serving only to connect the President with his daughter. No political, policy, or substantive matters were discussed during this brief communication.

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Yes, please.
Julie, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On October 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 146-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 146-1

Date: October 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 215-2]

        Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Also recorded on October 3, 1972

  • 791-012 4:16 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:16 pm and 4:24 pm.
  • 791-013 4:24 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Robert P. Griffin, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:24 pm to 4:25 pm.
  • 791-014 4:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Ronald L. Ziegler, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:26 pm to 4:28 pm.
  • 791-015 4:30 PM · 53 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 4:30 pm on October 3, 1972 and 11:05 am on October 5, 1972.
  • 215-001 6:00 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
  • 215-002 6:00 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 6:00 pm and 7:19 pm.
  • 146-002 7:19 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:19 pm to 7:23 pm.
  • 215-003 7:19 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:19 pm to 7:23 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 146-001, 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/146-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).