Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 190 › Conversation 190-015
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David and Domestic staff
Wednesday, May 17, 1972 · 7:50 AM–7:59 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon held an brief, informal morning meeting with an unidentified individual at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David. The discussion, which was interrupted by significant recording discontinuities and withdrawn personal segments, touched upon mundane domestic details including the maintenance of a fireplace and the staffing of Filipino cooks at the White House. No substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded during this brief encounter.
- White House operations
- Camp David
- Domestic staff
- Informal meetings
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NARA Description
On May 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 7:59 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 190-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 190-15
Date: May 18, 1972
Time: Unknown after 7:50 and before 7:59 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown person.
[Discontinuities appear in the original recording]
Fire in fireplace
Filipino cooks
White House
[Unintelligible]
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal Returnable]
[Duration: 30s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 7:59 pm.Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on May 17, 1972
- 131-021 7:46 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 7:46 am.
- 190-013 7:46 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 7:46 am.
- 131-022 7:50 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 7:50 am.
- 190-014 7:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 7:50 am.
- 190-016 7:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 7:59 am.
- 190-017 7:59 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:59 am and 8:05 am.
- 190-018 8:05 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 8:44 am.
- 190-019 8:05 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:05 am and 8:44 am.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 190-015, May 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648452966). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/190-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).