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Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Camp David and Telecommunications

Sunday, November 19, 1972 · 1:15 PM–6:59 PM ET · Camp David Hard Wire · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation227-019 on Tape 227StartSunday, November 19, 1972 at 1:15 PMEndSunday, November 19, 1972 at 6:59 PMRecording deviceCamp David Hard WireSourceNixon Library record for 227-019 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon communicated with a Camp David operator to establish a communication line from the Aspen Lodge. This brief interaction served as a logistical necessity to enable the President to make or receive telephone calls from his remote retreat. The conversation functioned primarily as a technical request to facilitate connectivity for the President's ongoing duties.

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You guys can holler now, please.

NARA Description

On November 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 227-019 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 227-19

Date: November 19, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm
Location: Camp David Hard Wire

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 155-3]

Also recorded on November 19, 1972

  • 155-003 1:15 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-005 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-006 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-007 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-008 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-009 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-010 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.
  • 227-011 1:15 PM · 10 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 6:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 227-019, November 19, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/227-019 (accessed October 9, 2026).