Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 225 › Conversation 225-026

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Presidential dictation

Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 8:30 AM–8:43 AM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President)Conversation225-026 on Tape 225StartThursday, November 16, 1972 at 8:30 AMEndThursday, November 16, 1972 at 8:43 AMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 225-026 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon utilized this session at the Aspen Lodge to dictate a formal message for subsequent transcription and distribution. This brief recording served as an administrative tool for the President to capture his official thoughts or directives without the presence of other interlocutors. The content of the dictation remains officially undefined in the available records.

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NARA Description

On November 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-026 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 225-26

Date: November 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:30 am and 8:43 am
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President dictated a message.

       Introduction

Also recorded on November 16, 1972

  • 153-029 8:30 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am.
  • 225-024 8:30 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am.
  • 225-025 8:30 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 8:43 am.
  • 153-030 8:43 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:43 am to 8:51 am.
  • 225-027 8:43 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:43 am to 8:51 am.
  • 225-028 8:51 AM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John G. Magner met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 1:35 pm.
  • 225-029 8:51 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 1:35 pm.
  • 225-030 8:51 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:51 am and 1:35 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 225-026, November 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/225-026 (accessed October 9, 2026).