Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 162 › Conversation 162-004

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Shelley Buchanan

Saturday, February 24, 1973 · 12:01 AM–8:55 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation162-004 on Tape 162StartSaturday, February 24, 1973 at 12:01 AMEndSaturday, February 24, 1973 at 8:55 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 162-004 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to Shelley Buchanan in Detroit. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to connect the President with his intended party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this interaction.

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Operator.
Operator, could you get Shelly Buchanan?
She's in Detroit.
Oh, yeah.
Thank you.
Okay.

NARA Description

On February 24, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:55 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 162-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 162-4

Date: February 24, 1973
Time: Unknown before 8:55 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

       Call to Shelley A. (Scarney) Buchanan
               -Detroit

Also recorded on February 24, 1973

  • 162-003 7:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George C. Wallace talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:15 pm to 7:18 pm.
  • 243-003 7:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George C. Wallace met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:15 pm to 7:18 pm.
  • 243-015 7:18 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 7:18 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:55 am on February 24, 1973.
  • 243-004 12:01 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:01 am and 8:55 am.
  • 243-005 8:55 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:55 am to 8:56 am.
  • 243-006 8:56 AM · 29 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, unknown person(s), President Richard M. Nixon, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:56 am and 1:36 pm.
  • 162-005 1:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
  • 162-006 1:36 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 6:10 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 162-004, February 24, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/162-004 (accessed October 1, 2026).