President Nixon held a brief exchange with the Camp David telephone operator to facilitate a communication request from the Aspen Lodge. The interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate further administrative or personal correspondence. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief technical coordination.
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 10:15 am and 10:52 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 196-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 196-1 Date: July 23, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:15 am and 10:52 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 136-18] (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.