Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 224 › Conversation 224-017
Nixon phone call with Woods on Camp David and Thanksgiving
Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 12:42 PM–12:44 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discuss the logistics of an upcoming visitor's schedule and the President's availability at Camp David. The conversation touches on balancing professional obligations with personal plans around the Thanksgiving holiday. Nixon indicates a preference to remain at Camp David rather than traveling for public events during this period.
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NARA Description
On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 224-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 224-17
Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 12:42 pm - 12:44 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 153-12]
[End of telephone conversation]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMAlso recorded on November 14, 1972
- 153-010 12:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:40 pm.
- 153-011 12:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 224-016 12:40 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:40 pm.
- 153-012 12:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 224-018 12:44 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:10 pm.
- 153-013 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 224-019 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 153-014 1:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 224-017, 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/224-017 (accessed October 14, 2026).