Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 174 › Conversation 174-002

Camp David Operator phone call on Camp David and Telecommunications

Thursday, June 29, 1972 · 12:01 AM–11:59 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk ·12 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Camp David OperatorConversation174-002 onTape 174 (tape position 00:01:14–00:01:26)StartThursday, June 29, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndSunday, July 23, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 174-002 ↗

AI Summary

An unidentified male caller contacted the Camp David operator to request that a return call be facilitated. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to reconnect with another party. No substantive policy matters or official developments were discussed during the brief interaction.

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Bring it back, please.

Thank you.

NARA Description

Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 11:59 pm on July 23, 1972. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 174-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 174-2

Date: Unknown between June 29 and July 23, 1972
Time: Unknown
Location: Camp David Study Desk (telephone)

An unknown man talked with the Camp David operator.

      Request for a return call

Also recorded on June 29, 1972

136-001 12:01 AM · 12 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 1:23 pm on July 22, 1972.
136-002 12:01 AM · 7 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 1:23 pm on July 22, 1972.
136-003 12:01 AM · 17 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 1:23 pm on July 22, 1972.
174-001 12:01 AM · 6 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 11:59 pm on July 23, 1972.
174-003 12:01 AM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 11:59 pm on July 23, 1972.
174-004 12:01 AM · 9 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 11:59 pm on July 23, 1972.
174-005 12:01 AM · 5 sec — Unknown person(s) and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 11:59 pm on July 23, 1972.
174-006 12:01 AM · 25 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 12:01 am on June 29, 1972 and 11:59 pm on July 23, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 174-002, June 29, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/174-002 (accessed September 18, 2026).