President Nixon initiated a brief communication with the Camp David operator from the Aspen Lodge study. The interaction was primarily administrative in nature, focusing on the coordination of telephone services at the retreat. No significant policy discussions or major strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
On November 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:05 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 231-018 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 231-18 Date: November 27, 1972 Time: Unknown between 11:20 am and 12:05 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 156-6]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.