President Richard M. Nixon utilized his time at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David to dictate a formal memorandum. This session, recorded via the Camp David Hard Wire system, served as an opportunity for the President to consolidate his thoughts and record official directives independently. The primary output of the meeting was the creation of this written record, the specific contents of which remain restricted.
On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 10:53 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 200-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 200-1 Date: August 8, 1972 Time: Unknown between 9:10 pm and 10:53 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President dictated a memorandum. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 20m 13s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 *****************************************************************
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.