{"conversationCode":"137-007","tapeNumber":137,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-137-007","startDateTime":"1972-08-12T12:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-12T14:35:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:50 AM","endDate":"12-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:50 am and 10:35 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 137-007 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. 137-7\n\nDate: August 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:50 am and 10:35 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 201-12]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["137-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"137-006","nextCode":"137-008","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.15,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.27,"end":2.48,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":2.5,"end":3.07,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served solely as an instruction to initiate communication with a key White House advisor. No policy or substantive political matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Communication management","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:35:09.221Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","communication-management","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"137-007.mp3","bytes":189961,"durationSec":7.85,"bitrate":193508,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.998Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/137-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/137-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/137/conversation-137-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}