Frank A. Sisco and Sergeant Farrell D. Morlan discuss logistical problems regarding the recording equipment and tapes used for the President at Camp David. Sisco expresses confusion after discovering that the new blank tapes provided to him contained pre-recorded music, prompting a discussion about supply chain errors and communication failures between the White House staff and audiovisual personnel. Morlan clarifies that the President specifically requires C-120 tapes and instructs Sisco to source them directly from Stoddard to ensure consistency and prevent further recording issues.
On February 2, 1973, Frank A. Sisco, Camp David operator, unknown person(s), and Farrell D. Morlan talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 8:50 pm. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 186-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 186-8
Date: February 2, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 8:50 pm
Location: Camp David Study Desk
Frank A. Sisco talked with the Camp David operator.
Request for a call to the White House Signal Office
Sisco talked with the White House Signal Office.
[See Conversation No. 241-4C]
Request for a call to Sgt. Farrell D. Morlan
[Unknown people can be heard in background]
Tapes
Sisco talked with Morlan.
Recorders
Tapes
-The President’s schedule
-Content
-Music
-Sony C-90
-Sony C-120
-The President’s schedule
-Origin
-Audiovisual [AV]
-Recorders
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Tape Subject Log
(rev. Sep.-09)
Conversation No. 186-8 (cont’d)
-Thomas Garner
Morlan met with Fred R. Fried [?] at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 5: 50 pm.
-TC 40
-Col. Lawrence Adams
-Dissemination of information
-Kinds
-Stoddard's
-Sony C-120 tapes
-Return
-TestThis transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.