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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 · 14 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]; Camp David OperatorConversation174-009 on Tape 174 (tape position 00:02:58–00:03:12)StartThursday, June 29, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndSunday, July 23, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 174-009 ↗

An unidentified caller contacted the Camp David operator to request a connection to the cab office. The exchange serves as a routine administrative or logistical communication facilitated by the presidential retreat's internal telecommunications system. No substantive policy matters or executive decisions were addressed during this brief operational call.

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Yes, we're in the cab office, please.
Thank you.

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 174-009 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 174-9

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 at an unknown time.

      Call to the Camp David office
  • 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.
  • 174-005 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.

Conversation 174-009, 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/174-009 (accessed October 12, 2026).