President Richard M. Nixon held an informal meeting with an unidentified individual at the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David. Due to the lack of a transcript and the presence of withdrawn material, the specific substantive topics remain unknown to researchers. The interaction was captured by the Camp David Hard Wire taping system, though no record of the dialogue content exists.
On October 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 1:02 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 218-004 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 218-4
Date: October 8, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:50 am and 1:02 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown man.
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The unknown man left at an unknown time before 1:02 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.