Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 162 › Conversation 162-002

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on George C. Wallace and Camp David

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 6:18 PM–7:15 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation162-002 on Tape 162StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 6:18 PMEndFriday, February 23, 1973 at 7:15 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 162-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a phone call to Alabama Governor George C. Wallace through the Camp David operator. The conversation is limited to the President requesting the operator's assistance in facilitating this connection. No substantive policy discussion or further interaction is captured in this brief administrative exchange.

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Could you try Governor Wallace, please?

Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:18 pm and 7:15 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 162-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 162-2

Date: February 23, 1973
Time: Unknown between 6:18 pm and 7:15 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

       Call to George C. Wallace

Also recorded on February 23, 1973

863-004 5:40 PM · 7 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-005 5:40 PM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-006 5:40 PM · 59 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-007 5:40 PM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-008 5:40 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
863-009 5:40 PM · 17 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 5:40 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
162-001 6:18 PM · 32 sec — unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 6:18 pm and 7:15 pm.
243-002 6:18 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 6:18 pm and 7:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 162-002, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/162-002 (accessed October 1, 2026).