Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 219 › Conversation 219-025

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David and Telecommunications

Wednesday, October 11, 1972 · 7:00 PM–7:01 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation219-025 on Tape 219StartWednesday, October 11, 1972 at 7:00 PMEndWednesday, October 11, 1972 at 7:01 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 219-025 ↗

President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study. The interaction served as a routine administrative or logistical check regarding telecommunications services at the retreat. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this one-minute exchange.

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No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

On October 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:00 pm to 7:01 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 219-025 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 219-25

Date: October 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:00 pm and 7:01 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 148-17]
  • 148-016 6:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 6:57 pm to 7:00 pm.
  • 219-024 6:57 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 6:57 pm to 7:00 pm.
  • 148-017 7:00 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:00 pm and 7:01 pm.
  • 148-018 7:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 7:01 pm to 7:02 pm.
  • 219-026 7:01 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 7:01 pm to 7:02 pm.
  • 148-019 7:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 7:03 pm.
  • 148-020 7:03 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:03 pm and 7:23 pm.
  • 219-027 7:03 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 7:03 pm.

Conversation 219-025, October 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/219-025 (accessed October 12, 2026).