{"conversationCode":"136-004","tapeNumber":136,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-136-004","startDateTime":"1972-07-22T17:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-22T17:42:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On July 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:42 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 136-4\n\nDate: July 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 and 1:42 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 197-7]\n\n       Request for Charles W. Colson","filename":["136-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:37","tapeEnd":"00:01:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"136-003","nextCode":"136-005","transcript":[{"start":3.19,"end":3.61,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.35,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":4.37,"end":5.35,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to request a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a communication bridge to facilitate further discussion between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy or political matters were addressed during this specific exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Telephone Communication","White House Administration","Presidential Correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:31:40.219Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","telephone-communication","white-house-administration","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"136-004.mp3","bytes":289100,"durationSec":7.08,"bitrate":326464,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:53.446Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/136-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/136/conversation-136-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}