President Nixon held a brief, private meeting at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David with an unidentified individual. Due to the lack of a transcript and the presence of withdrawn material, the specific substance of the discussion remains undocumented. The brief duration of the encounter and the withdrawal of segments for personal reasons suggest the meeting may have concerned private or sensitive personal matters rather than substantive policy deliberations.
On October 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:29 pm and 12:45 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 223-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 223-8
Date: October 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:29 pm and 12:45 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown person.
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[Duration: 4s ]
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The unknown person left at an unknown time before 12:45 pm.No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.