Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 196 › Conversation 196-029

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Sunday, July 23, 1972 · 3:05 PM–3:08 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation196-029 on Tape 196StartSunday, July 23, 1972 at 3:05 PMEndSunday, July 23, 1972 at 3:08 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 196-029 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 648453068 ↗

A 5-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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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 3:05 pm and 3:08 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-029 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 196-29

Date: July 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:05 pm and 3:08 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 136-30]

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

  • 136-028 2:35 PM · 20 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at 2:35 pm.
  • 196-028 3:05 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 3:05 pm.
  • 196-030 3:08 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:08 pm to 3:27 pm.
  • 136-031 3:27 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David at 3:27 pm.
  • 136-032 3:27 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 4:03 pm.
  • 196-031 3:27 PM · 51 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 4:03 pm.
  • 196-032 3:27 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 4:03 pm.
  • 196-033 3:27 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 4:03 pm.

Conversation 196-029, July 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648453068). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/196-029 (accessed November 2, 2026).