{"conversationCode":"138-007","tapeNumber":138,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-138-007","startDateTime":"1972-07-29T14:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-29T14:25:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jul-1972","startTime":"10:25 AM","endDate":"29-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 10:25 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-007 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. 138-7\n\nDate: July 30, 1972\nTime: 10:25 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-15]\n\n     Call to Al Capp\n           -The President’s location\n                -Birch Lodge\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["138-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"138-006","nextCode":"138-008","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":1.42,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.46,"end":4.07,"text":"Mr. President, he is out of his house for about a half an hour."},{"start":4.17,"end":6.37,"text":"Would you like us to leave word and have him return the call?"},{"start":8.09,"end":9.01,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":9.03,"end":11.1,"text":"I will be over in Birch by that time."},{"start":11.92,"end":12.84,"text":"All right, fine, sir."},{"start":12.86,"end":13.98,"text":"You can return it to me there."},{"start":14.26,"end":14.72,"text":"Very fine."},{"start":14.82,"end":16.63,"text":"Would you try Secretary Connolly for me, please?"},{"start":16.65,"end":17.25,"text":"Certainly, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to facilitate two high-level communications while he relocated to Birch Lodge. He requested that a message be left for cartoonist Al Capp to return his call, and directed the operator to attempt to reach Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination for the President's upcoming private correspondence.","topics":["Presidential communications","John B. Connally","Al Capp","Camp David","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:36:57.723Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","john-b-connally","al-capp","camp-david","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"138-007.mp3","bytes":466441,"durationSec":19.36,"bitrate":192744,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/138-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/138-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/138/conversation-138-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}