{"conversationCode":"034-120","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":120,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-120","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T20:26:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:25 PM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"3:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Golden, William L. (Lt. Col.);","description":"On December 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Lt. Col. William L. Golden talked on the telephone from 3:25 pm to 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-120 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-120\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: 3:25 pm - 3:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\f                                               -98-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 34-120 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with Lt. Col. William L. Golden.\n\n       The President’s schedule\n            -Camp David trip\n                  -Timing","filename":["034-120.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Golden, William L. (Lt. Col.)"],"prevCode":"034-119","nextCode":"034-121","transcript":[{"start":0.67,"end":2.09,"text":"Hello, Colonel Golden, sir."},{"start":3.69,"end":4.84,"text":"We're going to go to..."},{"start":4.94,"end":9.92,"text":"I've decided to go up to Camp David for the evening, and I'll come back tomorrow around noon or something like that."},{"start":9.94,"end":10.32,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":10.34,"end":11.48,"text":"And what time would you like, please?"},{"start":11.5,"end":14.62,"text":"Well, what time or how soon can you get them ready?"},{"start":14.88,"end":17.37,"text":"We'd like to get up, you know, as soon as I can be ready."},{"start":17.55,"end":17.99,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":18.15,"end":20.17,"text":"I believe we can go in about 30 minutes."},{"start":21.09,"end":21.45,"text":"30 minutes?"},{"start":21.47,"end":21.83,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":22.41,"end":23.67,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":23.69,"end":24.83,"text":"Well, you bring it in when they're ready."},{"start":25.01,"end":25.35,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":25.37,"end":25.61,"text":"Will do."},{"start":25.83,"end":27.16,"text":"We'll figure we'll leave in 30 minutes."},{"start":27.18,"end":28.38,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":28.46,"end":29.82,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.84,"end":30.04,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Lt. Col. William L. Golden to finalize arrangements for a short trip to Camp David. Nixon requested that departure be expedited, prompting the President to set a departure time for 30 minutes following the call. The logistics were settled with the understanding that the President would return to the White House the following day around noon.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential travel","Logistics","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:37:34.098Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-travel","logistics","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":36,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-120.mp3","bytes":864779,"durationSec":35.89,"bitrate":192744,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.154Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-120.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-120","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-120","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}