Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-012

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David operations

Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 9:54 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 18 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation224-012 on Tape 224StartTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 9:54 AMEndTuesday, November 14, 1972 at 9:54 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 224-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the Camp David operator place a telephone call to Mrs. Dwight Eisenhardt. He specified that the operator should attempt to reach her regardless of her current location, whether in Washington or elsewhere. The brief interaction focused solely on facilitating this personal communication.

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I wonder if you'd ring Mrs. Eisenhardt, please.
That's Mrs. Dwight Eisenhardt.
Yeah.
She may be in Washington, wherever she is.

NARA Description

On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 9:54 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 224-12

Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 9:54 am
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 153-6]

[End of telephone conversation]

Also recorded on November 14, 1972

  • 153-006 9:54 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:54 am.
  • 224-013 9:54 AM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:02 am.
  • 153-007 10:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am.
  • 224-014 10:02 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mamie G. Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:02 am to 10:04 am.
  • 153-008 10:04 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
  • 183-001 10:04 AM · 49 sec — John D. Ehrlichman, Camp David operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
  • 183-002 10:04 AM · 1 min — John D. Ehrlichman and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:04 am and 11:36 am.
  • 224-015 10:04 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, unknown person(s), Camp David operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:04 am to 12:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 224-012, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/224-012 (accessed October 8, 2026).