Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 194 › Conversation 194-016

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David operations

Saturday, June 24, 1972 · 5:50 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation194-016 on Tape 194 (tape position 02:41:40–02:42:27)StartSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 5:50 PMEndSaturday, June 24, 1972 at 5:50 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 194-016 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the Camp David operator to place a long-distance call to a doctor located in Paris. This brief administrative interaction facilitates a specific external communication for the President while he is working from the Aspen Lodge. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.

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Let me try to call that doctor in Paris now, please.

NARA Description

On June 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 5:50 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 194-016 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 194-16

Date: June 24, 1972
Time: 5:50 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See also Conversation No. 133-12]

Also recorded on June 24, 1972

  • 134-012 5:50 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:50 pm.
  • 194-017 5:50 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 5:56 pm.
  • 134-013 5:56 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 5:56 pm.
  • 134-014 5:56 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 7:12 pm.
  • 194-018 5:56 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 5:56 pm.
  • 194-019 5:56 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 7:12 pm.
  • 134-015 7:12 PM · 21 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:12 pm to 7:34 pm.
  • 194-020 7:12 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:12 pm to 7:34 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 194-016, June 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/194-016 (accessed October 22, 2026).