{"conversationCode":"138-004","tapeNumber":138,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-138-004","startDateTime":"1972-07-29T14:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-29T14:09:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jul-1972","startTime":"10:07 AM","endDate":"29-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:09 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On July 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 10:09 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-004 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.138-4\n\nDate: July 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:07 am and 10:09 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-5]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["138-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"138-003","nextCode":"138-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.34,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.36,"end":5.35,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":5.47,"end":8.29,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief exchange served as a logistical bridge to initiate a direct conversation between the President and Kissinger regarding administration business. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific operator-assisted connection.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Executive logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:36:41.895Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","executive-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"138-004.mp3","bytes":199365,"durationSec":8.24,"bitrate":193558,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/138-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/138-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/138/conversation-138-004","catalogNaId":648452417,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/648452417","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}