President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David operator to facilitate an administrative request. The interaction served as a routine logistical check rather than a policy discussion. No significant political developments or substantive decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:15 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 219-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 219-3 Date: October 10, 1972 Time: 8:15 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 148-1]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.