President Nixon initiates a brief communication via the White House operator while stationed at Camp David. The exchange serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate a telephone connection. No substantive policy matters or political developments are recorded during this short interaction.
On July 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:58 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 198-24 Date: July 30, 1972 Time: 1:58 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 138-13]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.