{"conversationCode":"136-029","tapeNumber":136,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-136-029","startDateTime":"1972-07-23T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-23T19:08:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1972","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"23-Jul-1972","endTime":"3:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On July 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 3:08 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-029 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. 136-29\nDate: July 23, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:35 and 3:08 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table (telephone)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 196-28]\n\n       Request for George A. Smathers\n            -Telephone number","filename":["136-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:18:48","tapeEnd":"02:19:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"136-028","nextCode":"136-030","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":2.17,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.08,"end":8.21,"text":"I would like to get a call to Senator, former Senator George Smathers."},{"start":9.19,"end":9.29,"text":"He..."},{"start":10.89,"end":15.76,"text":"The White House operator, you'll have to check with her, probably has a number for him in Florida or in Washington."},{"start":15.78,"end":16.43,"text":"Certainly, Mr. President."},{"start":16.52,"end":24.58,"text":"I understand, incidentally, that he's in North Carolina today, and if it's too difficult to reach him, don't bother."},{"start":24.6,"end":32.18,"text":"You don't need to call me back on it, but just leave the call with the White House operator, and if they don't reach him today, they can put it through tomorrow morning, okay?"},{"start":32.2,"end":32.98,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":33,"end":33.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to initiate a telephone call to former Senator George Smathers. He provided instructions to locate Smathers, noting that the former senator might be in North Carolina, and authorized the White House operator to pursue the connection either that day or the following morning. No further follow-up was required by the Camp David operator.","topics":["George A. Smathers","White House communications","telephone logistics","presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:34:02.763Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-a-smathers","white-house-communications","telephone-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"136-029.mp3","bytes":1422814,"durationSec":35.44,"bitrate":321167,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/136-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/136/conversation-136-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}