Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 206 › Conversation 206-002

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential records

Saturday, August 19, 1972 · 9:42 PM–12:45 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation206-002 on Tape 206StartSaturday, August 19, 1972 at 9:42 PMEndSunday, August 20, 1972 at 12:45 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 206-002 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard M. Nixon utilized this session at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David to dictate a personal memorandum for the historical record. The brief recording captures his private reflections or procedural documentation, though the specific content remains classified as a withdrawn personal item. Consequently, no policy decisions or external consultations are documented in this file.

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NARA Description

President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:42 pm on August 19, 1972 and 12:45 am on August 20, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 206-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 206-2

Date: Unknown between August 19 and 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:42 pm, August 19, 1972 and before 12:45 am, August 20, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President dictated a memorandum for the file.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration:    5m 2s   ]

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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Also recorded on August 20, 1972

140-046 7:45 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:30 am.
206-003 7:45 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 8:00 am.
206-004 7:45 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 8:00 am.
206-005 7:45 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:30 am.
206-006 7:45 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:30 am.
140-047 9:30 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:30 am and 10:00 am.
206-007 9:30 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Camp David operator, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 9:30 am to 11:20 am.
140-048 10:03 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:03 am to 10:04 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 206-002, August 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/206-002 (accessed October 8, 2026).