Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-052

Nixon phone call with McKee on Camp David and Presidential staff

Friday, November 17, 1972 · 8:40 PM–8:41 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 28 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); McKee, Patricia B.Conversation153-052 on Tape 153StartFriday, November 17, 1972 at 8:40 PMEndFriday, November 17, 1972 at 8:41 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 153-052 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief, informal telephone call to Patricia B. McKee while she was attending a dinner at Laurel Lodge. The purpose of the contact was to check on the quality of her evening rather than to conduct official business. Nixon concluded the conversation by stating that he would provide her with routine work assignments the following morning.

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Hello.

Are you at dinner?

Yes, I am.

Oh, good, good.

Well, are you at Laurel?

Yes.

How is it?

A good dinner?

Very, very nice.

Good.

Well, I had nothing that's important.

I've got a few little things I'll give you in the morning, okay?

All right, fine.

Okay.

Thank you, sir.

Good night.

Bye.

NARA Description

On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia B. McKee talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 8:41 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-052 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 153-52

Date: November 17, 1972
Time: 8:40 pm - 8:41 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with Patricia B. McKee.

[See Conversation No. 226-19
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

       McKee’s location
           -Dinner
                 -Laurel Lodge

       Work for McKee

Also recorded on November 18, 1972

153-050 8:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:33 pm to 8:35 pm.
226-017 8:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:33 pm to 8:35 pm.
153-051 8:35 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 8:40 pm.
226-018 8:35 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 8:35 pm and 8:40 pm.
226-019 8:40 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia B. McKee met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 8:41 pm.
153-053 8:47 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 8:47 pm.
153-054 8:47 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm.
226-020 8:47 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:47 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 153-052, November 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-052 (accessed October 23, 2026).