Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 208 › Conversation 208-001
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David
Friday, September 8, 1972 · 6:03 PM–2:26 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 14 sec
AI Summary
An unidentified group of individuals met with President Nixon at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David to conduct private discussions. The recording consists entirely of a withdrawn personal segment, preventing any determination of the specific topics or substantive outcomes of the meeting. Consequently, no policy decisions or action items can be verified from this exchange.
- Camp David
- Presidential meetings
- Classified material
- Unknown participants
Audio
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.
NARA Description
Unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 208-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 208-1 Date: Unknown between September 8 and 10, 1972 Time: Unknown between 6:03 pm, September 8 and 2:26 pm, September 10, 1972 Location: Camp David Hard Wire Unknown men met. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 10 s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** The unknown men left at an unknown time before 2:26 pm, September 10, 1972.
Also recorded on September 8, 1972
- 177-001 6:03 PM · 6 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 177-002 6:03 PM · 23 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 177-003 6:03 PM · 14 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and Lawrence M. Higby talked on the telephone at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 208-002 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 208-003 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 208-004 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 208-005 6:03 PM · 13 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
- 208-006 6:03 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 6:03 pm on September 8, 1972 and 2:26 pm on September 10, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 208-001, September 8, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/208-001 (accessed October 9, 2026).