Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 225 › Conversation 225-041
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Camp David
Thursday, November 16, 1972 · 1:36 PM–1:51 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 9 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief meeting at the Aspen Lodge in Camp David with an unidentified individual. The discussion took place over the hard wire recording system, though no substantive dialogue or specific policy decisions were captured in the available transcript. The interaction concluded without any recorded action items or significant developments.
- Camp David
- Presidential records
- Executive proceedings
- Unidentified meeting
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On November 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:36 pm and 1:51 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 225-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 225-41
Date: November 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:36 pm and 1:51 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire
The President met with an unknown person.
Instruction
Unknown person left at an unknown time before 1:51 pm.Also recorded on November 16, 1972
- 153-032 1:35 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:35 pm.
- 225-033 1:35 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:35 pm.
- 153-033 1:36 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
- 225-034 1:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 1:36 pm.
- 153-034 1:51 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:51 pm to 1:57 pm.
- 225-035 1:51 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:51 pm to 1:57 pm.
- 153-035 1:57 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:08 pm.
- 153-036 2:08 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 225-041, 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/225-041 (accessed October 9, 2026).