President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the Camp David telephone operator from the Aspen Lodge. This interaction served a functional purpose to facilitate telecommunications during the President's stay at the retreat. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed in this exchange.
On August 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:45 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 199-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 199-14 Date: August 13, 1972 Time: Unknown between 10:22 am and 10:45 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 137-19]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.