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Nixon phone call with Camp David operator on William P. Rogers and Camp David

Saturday, April 28, 1973 · 11:22 AM ET · Camp David Study Table · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operatorConversation164-014 on Tape 164StartSaturday, April 28, 1973 at 11:22 AMEndSaturday, April 28, 1973 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 164-014 ↗

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a meeting with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The President requested that Rogers be summoned from the Laurel cabin to his current location. This brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical coordination to arrange a direct consultation between the two officials.

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Yes, sir?
Would you ask Mr. Rogers to come over now?
He's at Laurel.
Yes, sir.
Thank you.

On April 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:22 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-014 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 164-14

Date: April 28, 1973
Time: 11:22 am
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

     Meeting with William P. Rogers
          -Rogers’s location
                -Laurel cabin
  • 164-009 9:09 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:13 am.
  • 164-010 9:13 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry E. Petersen talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:25 am.
  • 164-011 9:27 AM · 21 sec — Stephen B. Bull and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:27 am to 9:28 am.
  • 164-012 9:28 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:28 am and 11:10 am.
  • 164-013 11:10 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:10 am and 11:21 am.
  • 164-015 11:23 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 3:30 pm.
  • 164-016 11:23 AM · 24 sec — Camp David operator and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 3:30 pm.
  • 164-017 11:23 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 5:35 pm.

Conversation 164-014, April 28, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).