Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 176 › Conversation 176-002

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Personal communication

Tuesday, August 15, 1972 · 8:25 PM–8:41 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation176-002 on Tape 176StartTuesday, August 15, 1972 at 8:25 PMEndTuesday, August 15, 1972 at 8:41 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 176-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a brief telephonic communication with the Camp David operator to request an outbound call to his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. This interaction served a strictly personal administrative purpose to facilitate the President's private communication from his retreat. No policy matters or official government business were addressed during this exchange.

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Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On August 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 176-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 176-2

Date: August 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm
Location: Camp David Study Desk

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 202-10]

     Request for a call to Tricia Nixon Cox

Also recorded on August 16, 1972

  • 176-001 8:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:17 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 202-009 8:17 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:17 pm to 8:25 pm.
  • 202-010 8:25 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:25 pm and 8:41 pm.
  • 176-003 8:41 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:41 pm to 8:43 pm.
  • 202-011 8:41 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:41 pm to 8:43 pm.
  • 140-002 8:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm.
  • 202-012 8:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 9:30 pm.
  • 140-003 9:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:30 pm to 9:35 pm.

All 33 conversations from August 16, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 176-002, August 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/176-002 (accessed October 12, 2026).