Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 208 › Conversation 208-003

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 · 13 sec

Participants[Unknown person(s)]Conversation208-003 on Tape 208StartFriday, September 8, 1972 at 6:03 PMEndSunday, September 10, 1972 at 2:26 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 208-003 ↗

AI Summary

This recording captures an unidentified exchange between individuals at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David. The audio is extremely limited, consisting only of a brief profanity before the segment concludes. No substantive policy discussions, historical decisions, or identifiable participants are preserved in this fragment.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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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 208-003 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 208-3

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 people met.

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The unknown people 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.
  • 208-001 6:03 PM · 14 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.
  • 208-002 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.
  • 208-004 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 208-003, 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/208-003 (accessed October 9, 2026).