President Nixon held an administrative discussion with a Camp David operator to facilitate communication logistics. The brief exchange served to establish necessary connections for the President's ongoing work at the Aspen Lodge. No substantive policy decisions or political developments were recorded during this brief technical interaction.
On November 17, 1972, Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 11:59 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 226-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 226-23 Date: November 17, 1972 Time: Unknown between 8:56 pm and 11:59 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The Camp David operator talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 153-56]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.