President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study to address logistical or telecommunications needs. As the transcript is unavailable, the specific content of the request remains unrecorded, though it reflects the President's routine interactions with support staff while residing at the retreat. This brief exchange serves as a functional record of administrative operations at Camp David.
On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:48 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 190-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 190-2 Date: May 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:30 and 5:48 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 131-42] (rev. Oct-06)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.