Nixon White House TapesTape 199 › Conversation 199-014

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David and Telecommunications

Sunday, August 13, 1972 · 10:22 AM–10:45 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation199-014 on Tape 199StartSunday, August 13, 1972 at 10:22 AMEndSunday, August 13, 1972 at 10:45 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 199-014 ↗

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.

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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.

Conversation 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]
  • 137-015 10:15 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:15 am.
  • 137-016 10:15 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 10:15 am.
  • 137-017 10:15 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:15 am and 10:19 am.
  • 199-010 10:15 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 10:15 am.
  • 137-018 10:19 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:19 am to 10:22 am.
  • 199-012 10:19 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:19 am to 10:22 am.
  • 137-019 10:22 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:45 am.
  • 199-013 10:22 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:22 am and 10:45 am.

Conversation 199-014, August 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/199-014 (accessed September 18, 2026).