Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 728-010
Date: Tuesday, June 6, 1972 at 4:03 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/728-010

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[45:46] UNKNOWN: If you can't chopper into Camp David—
[45:49] NIXON: Camp? No, Camp's sponges.
[45:52] UNKNOWN: Well,
[45:54] NIXON: The ground's so soft up there.
[45:58] UNKNOWN: drive up, we can chopper into the basin, and then drive from there.
[46:03] NIXON: Get to, they haven't cleared cold weather up there, haven't they?
[46:06] UNKNOWN: I don't think so. I've told them not to, but I've,
[46:09] NIXON: Yeah.
[46:11] UNKNOWN: will be sure. Well, if they told him I wouldn't have to go.
[46:13] NIXON: No. Well, what you do is call them, and you can say you were going into Camp David, and that's y'all, and the helicopter wouldn't, they won't be able to land the helicopter into