President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to enable communication while the President was stationed at Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.
On May 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:42 am and 11:44 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 191-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 191-14 Date: May 18, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:42 and 11:44 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 131-35] [End of telephone conversation]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.