Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 200 › Conversation 200-004
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David
Tuesday, August 8, 1972 · 11:31 PM–10:18 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David for the delivery of an unspecified item. Due to the lack of audio content and documentation beyond the record of the delivery, the nature of the object remains unidentified. The meeting concluded when the individual departed the premises prior to the following morning.
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 11:31 pm on August 8, 1972 and 10:18 am on August 9, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 200-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 200-4
Date: Unknown between August 8 and 9, 1972
Time: Unknown after 11:31 pm, August 8 and before 10:18 am, August 9, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown person.
Delivery of item
The unknown person left at an unknown time before 10:18 am, August 9, 1972.Also recorded on August 9, 1972
- 139-001 9:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 10:53 pm.
- 200-001 9:10 PM · 13 sec — 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.
- 200-002 10:15 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:15 pm and 10:53 pm.
- 139-002 10:53 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:53 pm to 11:31 pm.
- 200-003 10:53 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:53 pm to 11:31 pm.
- 200-005 10:19 AM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 1:47 pm.
- 200-006 10:19 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 1:47 pm.
- 200-007 10:19 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 1:47 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 200-004, August 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/200-004 (accessed October 12, 2026).