President Nixon initiated a brief contact with the Camp David telephone operator from the Aspen Lodge. The conversation served as a routine communication check or request for assistance with switchboard services. No further administrative or political business was conducted during this brief interaction.
On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:47 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 203-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 203-6 Date: August 17, 1972 Time: 9:47 am Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 140-17] (rev. Oct-06)
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.