Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 225 › Conversation 225-001
Nixon phone call with Brennan on Henry Kissinger
Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 3:23 PM–4:15 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 35 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and John V. Brennan met at Camp David to coordinate the President’s administrative schedule and the handling of sensitive correspondence. Nixon prioritized finalizing a letter intended for Henry Kissinger’s office, emphasizing that it must reach the history office before a 5:00 p.m. deadline. Following the completion of this document, the pair planned to facilitate a subsequent meeting with Roy L. Ash and Frederic V. Malek.
- Presidential scheduling
- Henry Kissinger
- Administrative correspondence
- Roy L. Ash
- Frederic V. Malek
- White House operations
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NARA Description
On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John V. Brennan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 4:15 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 225-1
Date: November 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:23 pm and 4:15 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with John V. (“Jack”) Brennan.
The President's schedule
-Meeting with Roy L. Ash and Frederic V. Malek
-Timing
Letter
-Delivery to Henry A. Kissinger’s office
-Timing
-The President’s forthcoming conversation with Brennan
Brennan left at an unknown time before 7:34 pm.Also recorded on November 14, 1972
- 153-022 3:11 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:11 pm to 3:18 pm.
- 224-028 3:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:11 pm to 3:18 pm.
- 153-023 3:18 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:18 pm and 3:21 pm.
- 153-024 3:21 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm.
- 224-029 3:21 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 3:21 pm to 3:23 pm.
- 153-025 3:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 7:34 pm.
- 225-002 3:23 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 7:34 pm.
- 225-003 3:23 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:23 pm and 7:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 225-001, 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/225-001 (accessed October 12, 2026).