Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 181 › Conversation 181-001

Nixon White House recording on White House Tapes and Camp David

Sunday, October 15, 1972 · 9:30 AM–10:55 AM ET · Camp David Study Desk · 14 sec

ParticipantsNot recordedConversation181-001 on Tape 181StartSunday, October 15, 1972 at 9:30 AMEndSunday, October 15, 1972 at 10:55 AMRecording deviceCamp David Study DeskSourceNixon Library record for 181-001 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures a segment of audio from the Camp David study desk that remains effectively blank. Despite the activation of the taping system, no intelligible content was preserved to provide insight into presidential activities or deliberations. Consequently, there are no identifiable participants, discussed topics, or resulting action items associated with this specific recording.

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NARA Description

On October 15, 1972, the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:55 am, but the conversation appears to be blank. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 181-001 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 181-1

Date: October 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:30 am and 10:55 am
Location: Camp David Study Desk

This portion of the tape appears to be blank. However, conversation may have taken place.

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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 11/08/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[181-001-w001]
[Duration: 27s]

[This portion of the tape appears to be blank. However, conversations may have taken place.]

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  • 149-008 9:16 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 9:16 am to 9:24 am.
  • 220-011 9:16 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:16 am to 9:24 am.
  • 220-012 9:16 AM · 1 hr 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:16 am and 10:55 am.
  • 181-002 9:30 AM · 5 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Camp David operator, unknown person(s), and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:55 am.
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  • 220-013 10:55 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 11:07 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 181-001, October 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/181-001 (accessed October 10, 2026).