President Nixon communicated with a Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study to address routine administrative or logistical needs regarding the facility's telephone services. As the transcript is undefined, the interaction appears to be a brief, functional exchange typical of presidential communications with support staff at the retreat. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments resulted from this brief connection.
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 3:26 pm and 4:22 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 205-019 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 205-19 Date: August 19, 1972 Time: Unknown between 3:26 pm and 4:22 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 176-9]
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