President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes, focusing on the mechanical logistics of establishing a call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this interaction.
On October 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:03 pm and 7:23 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 219-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 219-28 Date: October 11, 1972 Time: Unknown between 7:03 pm and 7:23 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The Camp David operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 148-20]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.