Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 149 › Conversation 149-006

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on John Ehrlichman

Saturday, October 14, 1972 · 7:17 PM–7:40 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation149-006 on Tape 149StartSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 7:17 PMEndSaturday, October 14, 1972 at 7:40 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 149-006 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator to coordinate a secure telephone call with John D. Ehrlichman. The operator notified the President that Ehrlichman would be reachable by phone within fifteen minutes. This interaction served primarily as a logistics bridge to facilitate a subsequent, more substantive discussion between Nixon and his top domestic policy advisor.

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Hello.
Mr. President, Mr. Ehrlichman can get to a phone in about 15 minutes and we'll be calling in.
Bye.

NARA Description

On October 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:17 pm and 7:40 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-006 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 149-6

Date: October 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:17 pm and 7:40 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The Camp David operator talked with the President.

[See Conversation No. 220-8]

        John D. Ehrlichman's location

Also recorded on October 14, 1972

  • 149-004 3:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:50 pm to 3:53 pm.
  • 220-004 3:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:50 pm to 3:53 pm.
  • 220-005 4:05 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:05 pm to 4:30 pm.
  • 220-006 4:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 7:40 pm.
  • 149-005 5:06 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 7:40 pm.
  • 220-007 5:06 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 5:06 pm and 7:40 pm.
  • 220-008 7:17 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:17 pm and 7:40 pm.
  • 220-009 7:17 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 7:17 pm on October 14, 1972 and 9:16 am on October 15, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 149-006, October 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/149-006 (accessed October 10, 2026).