Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 202 › Conversation 202-001

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Memorandum

Monday, August 14, 1972 · 6:05 PM–8:17 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation202-001 on Tape 202StartMonday, August 14, 1972 at 6:05 PMEndTuesday, August 15, 1972 at 8:17 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 202-001 ↗

President Richard M. Nixon utilized his time at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David to dictate a formal memorandum. This private administrative session served to record official presidential directives or policy reflections. No further details regarding the specific subject matter are available due to the withdrawal of the recorded material.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 202-001 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 202-1

Date: Unknown between August 14 and 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 6:05 pm, August 14, 1972, 1972 and 8:17 pm, August 15, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President dictated a memorandum.

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  • 030-052 5:18 PM · 13 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:18 pm on August 14, 1972 and 11:17 am on September 19, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 202-002 6:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-003 6:05 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-004 6:05 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-005 6:05 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-006 6:05 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Roy Edward Sievers met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-007 6:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Roger Staubach met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.
  • 202-008 6:05 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:05 pm on August 14, 1972 and 8:17 pm on August 15, 1972.

Conversation 202-001, August 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/202-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).