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Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Thursday, June 29, 1972 · 12:01 AM–11:59 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 18 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation174-010 on Tape 174 (tape position 00:03:12–00:00:00)StartThursday, June 29, 1972 at 12:01 AMEndSunday, July 23, 1972 at 11:59 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 174-010 ↗

An unidentified official orders subordinates to conduct a security inspection of Patricia McKee’s cabin immediately following her departure from Camp David. The participants discuss the status of the cabin and the retrieval of any extraneous documents. The primary action item is for staff to secure the premises and deliver all recovered materials to the caller.

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Yes, sir.
Once McKee has departed, is somebody checking her cabin?
I was waiting for everybody to depart.
They're gone now.
All right, so we're on our way down there now.
And any extraneous papers or anything, turn over to me.
Yes, sir, we'll do it.
Thank you.

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. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 174-010 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 174-10

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

An unknown man talked with an unknown man at an unknown time.

      Check of Patricia McKee's cabin
           -Assignment
           -Reports
  • 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 174-010, 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/174-010 (accessed October 12, 2026).