Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 154 › Conversation 154-012

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Rose Mary Woods

Sunday, September 24, 1972 · 3:30 PM–4:47 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation154-012 on Tape 154StartSunday, September 24, 1972 at 3:30 PMEndSunday, September 24, 1972 at 4:47 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 154-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to connect the President with his staff. No substantive policy matters or major political developments were addressed during this connection process.

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Yes, excuse me?

Miss Woods?

Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On September 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 4:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 154-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 154-12

Date: September 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 4:47 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation no. 213-31A]

            Request for a call to Rose Mary Woods

Also recorded on September 24, 1972

213-024 1:01 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:01 pm and 3:30 pm.
213-025 1:01 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:01 pm and 3:30 pm.
213-031 3:30 PM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:30 pm to 4:50 pm.
154-013 4:46 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:46 pm to 4:47 pm.
213-032 4:50 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 6:45 pm.
213-033 4:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:50 pm and 6:45 pm.
213-034 5:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 9:12 pm.
213-035 5:00 PM · 12 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:00 pm and 9:12 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 154-012, September 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/154-012 (accessed October 9, 2026).