Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 225 › Conversation 225-023
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Clyde A. Tolson
Wednesday, November 15, 1972 · 9:50 AM–8:43 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon utilized the recording session at Camp David to dictate notes for administrative correspondence. He specifically focused on drafting a form letter and a personal letter addressed to Clyde A. Tolson. These dictations served to organize and finalize outgoing presidential communications.
- Clyde A. Tolson
- Presidential correspondence
- Form letter
- Dictation
- White House administration
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NARA Description
President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 225-23
Date: November 15 or 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am, November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am, November 16, 1972
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President dictated a "form note".
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Form letter
-Drafting
Letter to Clyde A. Tolson
-Drafting
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 225-23 (cont’d)
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*****************************************************************Also recorded on November 15, 1972
- 225-010 9:14 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:14 am and 9:50 am.
- 225-016 9:50 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:05 am.
- 225-017 9:50 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Peter J. Brennan met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972.
- 225-018 9:50 AM · 43 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972.
- 225-019 9:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972.
- 225-020 9:50 AM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972.
- 225-021 9:50 AM · 38 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972.
- 225-022 9:50 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David on an unknown date, sometime between 9:50 am on November 15, 1972 and 8:43 am on November 16, 1972.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 225-023, November 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/225-023 (accessed October 9, 2026).