Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 205 › Conversation 205-011

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Saturday, August 19, 1972 · 12:14 PM–12:33 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation205-011 on Tape 205StartSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 12:14 PMEndSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 12:33 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 205-011 ↗

A 7-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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On August 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:33 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 205-011 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 205-11

Date: August 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:14 pm and 12:33 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 176-7]

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

  • 140-040 12:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:02 pm to 12:05 pm.
  • 205-008 12:02 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:02 pm to 12:03 pm.
  • 140-041 12:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm.
  • 205-009 12:03 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:03 pm and 12:11 pm.
  • 140-042 12:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:11 pm to 12:14 pm.
  • 205-010 12:11 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:11 pm to 12:14 pm.
  • 176-007 12:14 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 176-008 12:33 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:33 pm to 12:41 pm.

Conversation 205-011, August 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/205-011 (accessed November 2, 2026).