Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 203 › Conversation 203-025

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Thursday, August 17, 1972 · 3:21 PM–6:08 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation203-025 on Tape 203StartThursday, August 17, 1972 at 3:21 PMEndThursday, August 17, 1972 at 6:08 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 203-025 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held a private meeting with an unidentified woman at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David. Following this discussion, the President engaged in a telephone conversation with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox. Due to the lack of available transcripts, the specific substance of these interactions remains unrecorded in the archival record.

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NARA Description

On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:21 pm and 6:08 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 203-025 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 203-25

Date: August 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:21 pm and 6:08 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with an unknown woman.

     Telephone call
          -Tricia Nixon Cox

The unknown woman left at an unknown time before 6:08 pm.

Also recorded on August 17, 1972

  • 203-019 1:15 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm.
  • 203-020 2:45 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 203-021 2:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 3:06 pm.
  • 140-027 3:06 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:06 pm to 3:21 pm.
  • 203-022 3:06 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:06 pm to 3:21 pm.
  • 203-023 3:21 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:21 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 203-024 3:21 PM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:21 pm and 6:08 pm.
  • 176-004 6:08 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Camp David operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:08 pm to 6:13 pm.

All 49 conversations from August 17, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 203-025, August 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/203-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).