President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower. The brief interaction served strictly as a logistical request to establish communication with a family member during the President's stay at the Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy discussions or executive actions occurred during this exchange.
On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:37 am and 12:18 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 196-5
Date: July 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:37 am and 12:18 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Request for a call to Julie Nixon Eisenhower
(rev. Oct-06)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.