President Nixon held a brief exchange with the Camp David operator to facilitate telephonic communications while staying at the Aspen Lodge. The conversation served a purely administrative purpose regarding the operational status of the facility's switchboard system. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.
On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 234-001 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 234-1 Date: December 6, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm Location: Camp David Hard Wire The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 157-17]
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