{"conversationCode":"138-006","tapeNumber":138,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-138-006","startDateTime":"1972-07-29T13:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-29T14:25:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jul-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"29-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:25 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 9:00 am and 10:25 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-006 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. 138-6\n\nDate: July 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 10:25 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-14]\n\n     Request for a call to Al Capp\n         -Charles W. Colson\n         -White House operator","filename":["138-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"138-005","nextCode":"138-007","transcript":[{"start":4.22,"end":4.84,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.46,"end":10.01,"text":"Operator, I'd like to talk to Mr. Al Capp, C-A-P-P."},{"start":10.69,"end":13.78,"text":"I think Mr. Coulson's office or the White House operator may have the number."},{"start":14.22,"end":14.72,"text":"Very fine."},{"start":14.74,"end":16.05,"text":"I believe we do have the number, sir."},{"start":16.07,"end":16.49,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to cartoonist Al Capp. He directed the operator to obtain the necessary contact information through Charles W. Colson’s office or the White House switchboard. This brief administrative exchange served to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and Capp.","topics":["Al Capp","Charles W. Colson","Communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:36:52.401Z"},"topicSlugs":["al-capp","charles-w-colson","communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"138-006.mp3","bytes":443244,"durationSec":18.4,"bitrate":192714,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/138-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/138-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/138/conversation-138-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}