Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 149 › Conversation 149-007
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on John D. Ehrlichman
Sunday, October 15, 1972 · 8:57 AM–9:16 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 11 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an immediate phone call with his Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to establish communication with Ehrlichman. No substantive policy discussions or decision-making occurred during this connection.
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NARA Description
On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:16 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 149-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 149-7
Date: October 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:57 am and 9:16 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 220-10]
Request for a call to John D. EhrlichmanAlso recorded on October 15, 1972
- 220-010 8:57 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:57 am and 9:16 am.
- 149-008 9:16 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:16 am to 9:24 am.
- 220-011 9:16 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:16 am to 9:24 am.
- 220-012 9:16 AM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 10:55 am.
- 181-001 9:30 AM · 14 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:55 am, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 181-002 9:30 AM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:55 am.
- 149-009 10:55 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:07 am.
- 220-013 10:55 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:07 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 149-007, October 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/149-007 (accessed October 10, 2026).