Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 191 › Conversation 191-007

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David and telecommunications

Thursday, May 18, 1972 · 11:08 AM–11:22 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire ·3 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation191-007 onTape 191 (tape position 00:31:09–00:31:35)StartThursday, May 18, 1972 at 11:08 AMEndThursday, May 18, 1972 at 11:22 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 191-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with the Camp David operator to facilitate telecommunications from the Aspen Lodge. The conversation served as a functional check of the facility's hard wire connection system. No substantive policy matters or historical developments were recorded during this exchange.

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NARA Description

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 11:08 am and 11:22 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 191-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 191-7

Date: May 18, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:08 and 11:22 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 131-28]

[End of telephone conversation]

Also recorded on May 18, 1972

131-027 10:58 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:58 am to 11:08 am.
191-005 10:58 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:58 am to 11:08 am.
131-028 11:08 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:22 am.
191-006 11:08 AM · 52 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:08 am and 11:22 am.
131-029 11:22 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:22 am to 11:23 am.
191-008 11:22 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 11:22 am to 11:23 am.
131-030 11:23 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:24 am.
191-009 11:23 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:23 am and 11:24 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 191-007, May 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/191-007 (accessed September 18, 2026).