{"conversationCode":"136-012","tapeNumber":136,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-136-012","startDateTime":"1972-07-22T18:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-22T19:57:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jul-1972","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"22-Jul-1972","endTime":"3:57 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 2:47 pm and 3:57 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-012 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. 136-12\n\nDate: July 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:47 and 3:57 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 197-15]\n\n       Request for Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["136-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:49:14","tapeEnd":"00:49:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"136-011","nextCode":"136-013","transcript":[{"start":2.5,"end":3.43,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":3.45,"end":4.44,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to request a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief exchange served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a high-level discussion on foreign policy or national security matters. No substantive policy decisions were reached during this administrative interaction.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","foreign policy","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:32:25.376Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","foreign-policy","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"136-012.mp3","bytes":248349,"durationSec":6.08,"bitrate":326569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/136-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/136/conversation-136-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}