Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 213 › Conversation 213-003
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Henry Kissinger and Camp David
Saturday, September 23, 1972 · 4:50 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 15 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon met with an unknown individual at the Aspen Lodge to coordinate logistics regarding First Lady Pat Nixon's return schedule to Camp David. During the brief discussion, the President was also notified that Henry Kissinger had placed a telephone call, prompting a need to verify the timing of the First Lady's arrival. The meeting concluded immediately following the notification of Kissinger's message.
- Pat Nixon
- Henry Kissinger
- Camp David
- Schedule coordination
- Presidential communications
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NARA Description
On September 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:50 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 213-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 213-3
Date: September 23, 1972
Time: 4:50 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown man.
Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon's schedule
-Return to Camp David
Telephone call from Henry A. Kissinger
The unknown man left at 4:50 pm.Also recorded on September 23, 1972
- 213-002 4:49 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:49 pm.
- 154-003 4:50 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 4:50 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 213-004 4:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:50 pm.
- 213-005 4:50 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 4:50 pm.
- 213-006 4:50 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 4:50 pm to 5:10 pm.
- 154-004 5:10 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:32 pm.
- 213-007 5:10 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:32 pm.
- 213-008 5:10 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:10 pm and 5:32 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 213-003, September 23, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/213-003 (accessed October 12, 2026).