{"conversationCode":"137-001","tapeNumber":137,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-137-001","startDateTime":"1972-08-11T20:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-11T20:16:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:14 PM","endDate":"11-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:14 pm and 4:16 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 137-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 137-1\n\nDate: August 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:14 pm and 4:16 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["137-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"136-033","nextCode":"137-002","transcript":[{"start":2.48,"end":3.63,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.28,"text":"Dr. Kessinger, please."},{"start":4.56,"end":5.84,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent connection with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to initiate a secure line for an upcoming consultation. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief communication.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","National Security","Communication","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:34:32.333Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","national-security","communication","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"137-001.mp3","bytes":224443,"durationSec":9.29,"bitrate":193207,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/137-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/137-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/137/conversation-137-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}