Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 164 › Conversation 164-036
Nixon phone call with Rogers on Watergate scandal
Sunday, April 29, 1973 · 12:28 PM–12:30 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 1 min
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President Nixon requested Secretary of State William P. Rogers to travel to Camp David to review and provide editorial feedback on a draft of his forthcoming address regarding the Watergate scandal. Nixon tasked speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. with preparing the draft and sought Rogers's input, explicitly referencing Rogers's prior assistance during the 1952 Checkers fund crisis. The two agreed that Rogers would arrive at 5:00 p.m. to review the document and offer suggestions to strengthen the President's public response.
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NARA Description
On April 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:30 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 164-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 164-36
Date: April 29, 1973
Time: Between 12:28 pm and 12:30 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with William P. Rogers.
Watergate
-Rogers’s schedule
-President’s forthcoming speech, April 20, 1973
-Raymond K. Price, Jr.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
-Draft
-Rogers’s assistance
-[Milk] fund [?]Also recorded on April 29, 1973
- 164-031 10:36 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:36 am and 11:46 am.
- 164-032 11:46 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:46 am and 11:52 am.
- 164-033 11:52 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 12:01 pm.
- 164-034 12:01 PM · 21 sec — Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:01 pm.
- 164-035 12:01 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:01 pm and 12:28 pm.
- 164-037 12:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:32 pm.
- 164-038 12:32 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:32 pm to 12:34 pm.
- 164-039 12:49 PM · 4 min — Ronald L. Ziegler and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:49 pm to 12:52 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 164-036, April 29, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/164-036 (accessed October 12, 2026).