Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 160 › Conversation 160-009

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Rose Mary Woods

Saturday, January 6, 1973 · 9:27 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation160-009 on Tape 160StartSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 9:27 AMEndSaturday, January 6, 1973 at 9:27 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 160-009 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. He specified that if Woods were unavailable at the office, he would alternatively accept a call with Marjorie P. Acker. The operator acknowledged the request and proceeded to place the call as instructed.

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Operator?
Operator, I'd like Miss Woods, but if she's not in the office, Miss Acker will be all right, too.
Just call the office.
All right, sir.
Thank you.
Bye.

NARA Description

On January 6, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:27 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 160-009 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 160-9

Date: January 6, 1973
Time: 9:27 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

       Request for call to Rose Mary Woods
            -Marjorie P. Acker

Also recorded on January 6, 1973

  • 240-001 9:26 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm.
  • 240-008 9:26 AM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-010 9:27 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:27 am.
  • 160-011 9:27 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:27 am to 9:28 am.
  • 160-012 2:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 240-002 2:50 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 160-013 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.
  • 240-003 2:54 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:54 pm to 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 160-009, January 6, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/160-009 (accessed October 11, 2026).