Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 155 › Conversation 155-014
Nixon phone call with Ehrlichman on George H.W. Bush and Camp David
Monday, November 20, 1972 · 11:10 AM–11:11 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 31 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinates a meeting at Camp David with John D. Ehrlichman and George H.W. Bush. The President determines the logistics for the gathering, instructing Ehrlichman to bring Bush to the Aspen Lodge to facilitate their discussion. The brief call serves primarily as a scheduling coordination between the participants.
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NARA Description
On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:10 am to 11:11 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 155-14
Date: November 20, 1972
Time: 11:10 am - 11:11 am
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with John D. Ehrlichman.
[See Conversation. No. 228-1C]
Ehrlichman's location
-Meeting with George H.W.Bush
-Location
-Laurel Lodge
-Meeting with the President
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time between 11:10 am and
11:11 am.
Location of meeting
-Elliot L. Richardson
-Aspen Lodge
-15-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on November 20, 1972
- 155-008 8:41 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:41 am and 8:46 am.
- 155-009 8:46 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:46 am to 8:50 am.
- 155-010 9:05 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:05 am to 9:09 am.
- 155-011 9:09 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 10:53 am.
- 228-001 9:09 AM · 1 hr 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Ronald L. Ziegler, Camp David operator, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 11:16 am.
- 155-012 10:53 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:10 am.
- 155-013 10:53 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:53 am and 11:10 am.
- 228-002 1:21 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:21 pm and 1:42 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 155-014, November 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/155-014 (accessed October 9, 2026).