Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 211 › Conversation 211-017

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David

Sunday, September 17, 1972 · 11:28 AM–11:30 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 17 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation211-017 on Tape 211StartSunday, September 17, 1972 at 11:28 AMEndSunday, September 17, 1972 at 11:30 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 211-017 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 648453186 ↗

A 17-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 September 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 211-017 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 211-17

Date: September 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:28 am and 11:30 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation no. 143-6]

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

  • 143-003 11:27 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:27 am.
  • 143-004 11:27 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:27 am and 11:28 am.
  • 211-014 11:27 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 11:27 am.
  • 143-005 11:28 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
  • 143-006 11:28 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
  • 211-015 11:28 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 11:28 am.
  • 211-016 11:28 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:28 am and 11:30 am.
  • 143-007 11:30 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Lt. Col. William L. Golden talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:30 am to 11:31 am.

Conversation 211-017, September 17, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 648453186). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/211-017 (accessed November 2, 2026).