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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 · 5 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Camp David OperatorConversation174-005 on Tape 174 (tape position 00:01:49–00:01:53)StartThursday, June 29, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndSunday, July 23, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 174-005 ↗

A telephone call was placed from Camp David by an individual named Michael to the Camp David operator. The primary purpose of the communication was to facilitate a connection to an individual named Clyde. Because no transcript or audio content is available, the specific subject matter and ultimate outcome of the conversation remain unidentified.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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 174-005 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 174-5

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

Michael [last name unknown] talked with the Camp David operator at an unknown time.

       Call to Clyde [Last name unknown]
  • 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.
  • 174-002 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 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.
  • 174-006 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.

Conversation 174-005, 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/174-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).