President Nixon held a brief exchange with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study. The conversation served as a functional interaction to manage communications while the President was in residence at the retreat. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief contact.
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.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation 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 for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.