Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 217 › Conversation 217-008
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
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon met with First Lady Pat Nixon in the Aspen Lodge at Camp David to discuss personal matters. The brief interaction, lasting only 16 seconds, was classified as a personal returnable item and contains no recorded substantive policy discussions. Consequently, no official decisions or administrative actions resulted from this exchange.
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NARA Description
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. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 217-8
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 Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon.
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Personal returnable]
[Duration: 16s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Mrs. Nixon 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.
- 217-007 9:00 PM · 13 sec — 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 217-008, 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/217-008 (accessed October 11, 2026).