Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 193 › Conversation 193-024

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Thursday, June 8, 1972 · 3:31 PM–4:25 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation193-024 on Tape 193 (tape position 04:05:22–04:08:53)StartThursday, June 8, 1972 at 3:31 PMEndThursday, June 8, 1972 at 4:25 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 193-024 ↗

President Nixon held a meeting at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David with an unidentified individual. Given the lack of a transcript or historical record regarding the substance of the discussion, the specific topics and decisions resulting from this encounter remain unknown. The interaction concluded with the departure of the visitor following initial greetings.

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This conversation has not yet been cut into its own clip, so the player above contains the full tape segment shared with neighbouring conversations. It begins about 04:05:22 into the tape and ends around 04:08:53.

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On June 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:25 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 193-024 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 193-24
Date: June 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:31 and 4:25 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with an unknown person.

     Greetings

The unknown person left.
  • 133-017 3:30 PM · 55 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 193-022 3:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:30 pm to 3:31 pm.
  • 193-023 3:31 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 133-018 4:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm.
  • 193-025 4:25 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:25 pm to 4:26 pm.
  • 133-019 4:26 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:27 pm.
  • 193-026 4:26 PM · 59 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:27 pm.
  • 133-020 4:27 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:27 pm to 4:31 pm.

Conversation 193-024, June 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/193-024 (accessed October 8, 2026).