Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 178 › Conversation 178-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Sunday, September 10, 1972 · 2:26 PM–1:05 PM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 8 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation178-001 on Tape 178StartSunday, September 10, 1972 at 2:26 PMEndSaturday, September 30, 1972 at 1:05 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 178-001 ↗

This recording consists of a brief, five-second segment captured by the Camp David Study Desk taping system. Due to the lack of available audio content or transcript documentation, the participants, context, and subject matter remain unidentified. No substantive policy discussions, decisions, or administrative actions can be attributed to this exchange.

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Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972 and 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 178-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 178-1

Date: Unknown between September 10 and September 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:26 pm, September 10 and 1:05 pm, September 30, 1972
Location: Camp David Study Desk

Unknown people talked.

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[Previous non-historical (H) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 11/08/2017. Segment
cleared for release.]
[Non-historical]
[178-001-w001]
[Duration: 5s]

[Tape/phone tone]

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  • 209-008 1:15 PM · 12 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:26 pm.
  • 179-001 2:26 PM · 7 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972 and 1:05 pm on September 30, 1972.

Conversation 178-001, September 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/178-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).