President Nixon held a brief administrative exchange with the Camp David operator while stationed at the Aspen Lodge. The conversation functioned as a routine logistical check to facilitate the President's telephonic communications during his stay at the retreat. No policy decisions or substantive political matters were addressed during this brief contact.
On July 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 9:54 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 198-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 198-3 Date: July 29, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 9:54 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 138-2]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.