Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 217 › Conversation 217-012

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David

Saturday, October 7, 1972 · 9:00 AM–10:16 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation217-012 on Tape 217StartSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 9:00 AMEndSaturday, October 7, 1972 at 10:16 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 217-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator while stationed at Camp David. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical check of the telecommunications connection between the retreat and the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occur during this brief technical interaction.

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NARA Description

On October 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 217-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 217-12

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

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 147-5]

Also recorded on October 7, 1972

  • 147-005 9:00 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-009 9:00 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-010 9:00 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-011 9:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 217-013 9:00 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 10:16 am.
  • 147-006 10:16 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:16 am to 10:28 am.
  • 217-014 10:16 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:16 am to 10:28 am.
  • 217-015 10:28 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:28 am and 11:55 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 217-012, 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/217-012 (accessed October 11, 2026).