{"conversationCode":"136-030","tapeNumber":136,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-136-030","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 136-030 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. 136-30\n\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. 196-29]\n\n       Request for Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["136-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:19:21","tapeEnd":"02:19:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"136-029","nextCode":"136-031","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":3.64,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.66,"end":6.49,"text":"I wonder if you would try a call to Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":6.51,"end":7.95,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish a secure line or initiate a conference call between the two officials. The conversation reflects the President's reliance on switchboard operators for maintaining direct contact with key foreign policy advisors while at the presidential retreat.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Communication logistics","Presidential operations","National security","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:34:08.196Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","communication-logistics","presidential-operations","national-security","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"136-030.mp3","bytes":424936,"durationSec":10.5,"bitrate":323883,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/136-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/136-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/136/conversation-136-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}