President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief interaction focused solely on logistical coordination for telecommunications at the presidential retreat. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this exchange.
On July 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:06 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 198-18 Date: July 30, 1972 Time: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:06 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 138-9]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.