First Lady Pat Nixon held an informal gathering in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David with two unidentified individuals. Because the entirety of the audio recording is currently restricted as a personal returnable item, no substantive policy discussions, decisions, or specific topics of conversation are available for analysis. The participants departed the lodge shortly before 1:00 pm.
On July 30, 1972, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 1:00 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 198-17
Date: July 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:28 am and 1:00 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon met with an unknown woman and an unknown man.
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[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 2m 26s ]
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Mrs. Nixon et al. left at an unknown time before 1:00 pm.
(rev. Mar-02)No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.