Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 217 › Conversation 217-007

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Friday, October 6, 1972 · 9:00 PM–10:16 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]Conversation217-007 on Tape 217StartFriday, October 6, 1972 at 9:00 PMEndSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 217-007 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon held an undocumented meeting with an unidentified individual at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David. The recording contains no transcript content beyond a brief one-second segment identified as a personal returnable item. Due to the lack of available dialogue, the specific purpose and substantive outcomes of this discussion remain historically obscured.

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Transcript (AI-generated)

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NARA Description

President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:00 pm on October 6, 1972 and 10:16 am on October 7, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-007 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 217-7

Date: Unknown between October 6 and 7, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:00 pm, October 6 and 10:16 am, October 7, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President met with an unknown man.

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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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

END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 10:16 am, October 7, 1972.

Also recorded on October 7, 1972

  • 147-001 8:30 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 pm and 8:32 pm.
  • 147-002 8:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:32 pm to 8:35 pm.
  • 217-004 8:32 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:32 pm to 8:35 pm.
  • 147-003 8:35 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:35 pm and 8:40 pm.
  • 217-005 8:35 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 8:35 pm and 8:40 pm.
  • 147-004 8:40 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 9:00 pm.
  • 217-006 8:40 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 9:00 pm.
  • 217-008 9:00 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:00 pm on October 6, 1972 and 10:16 am on October 7, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 217-007, October 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/217-007 (accessed October 11, 2026).