Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 161 › Conversation 161-003
Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David operations
Saturday, February 3, 1973 · 3:30 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 21 sec
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On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 161-003 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 161-3
Date: February 3, 1973
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
[See Conversation No. 241-8]
Call to Tricia Nixon Cox
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Also recorded on February 3, 1973
- 242-001 2:45 PM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
- 242-002 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
- 242-003 2:45 PM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
- 242-004 2:45 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:45 pm on February 3, 1973 and 8:34 pm on February 4, 1973.
- 161-004 3:30 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:18 pm.
- 241-008 3:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 3:30 pm.
- 241-009 3:30 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 5:18 pm.
- 241-010 3:30 PM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 6:15 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 161-003, February 3, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175825). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/161-003 (accessed November 15, 2026).