{"conversationCode":"022-138","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-138","startDateTime":"1972-04-16T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-16T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-138 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 22-138\n\nDate: April 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 329-62]\n\n     Trip to Camp David\n           -Message for Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon\n                -Departure time\n\n     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods","filename":["022-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:19:05","tapeEnd":"05:19:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-137","nextCode":"022-139","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":3.39,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":3.41,"end":8.45,"text":"Operator, would you please tell Mrs. Nixon the departure is at 1 o'clock rather than 15 to 1?"},{"start":8.63,"end":9.25,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":9.28,"end":11.9,"text":"And then you get Ms. Woods on the phone for me, please."},{"start":12.49,"end":13.01,"text":"Ms. Wilson?"},{"start":13.15,"end":13.45,"text":"Woods."},{"start":13.73,"end":14.35,"text":"Oh, Ms. Woods."},{"start":14.41,"end":14.73,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.77,"end":16,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to coordinate logistics for a trip to Camp David. He directed the operator to notify First Lady Pat Nixon of a schedule change, delaying their departure time to 1:00 p.m. Additionally, the President requested that the operator connect him with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods.","topics":["Camp David","Pat Nixon","Rose Mary Woods","logistics","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:29:37.389Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","pat-nixon","rose-mary-woods","logistics","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-138.mp3","bytes":384939,"durationSec":15.97,"bitrate":192831,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}