President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange focused exclusively on logistical coordination for placing an outgoing call. No policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this interaction.
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 9:18 am and 9:38 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 199-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 199-2 Date: August 13, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:38 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 137-9] (rev. Mar-02)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.