{"conversationCode":"138-012","tapeNumber":138,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-138-012","startDateTime":"1972-07-30T17:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-30T17:56:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:56 PM","endDate":"30-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On July 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 1:56 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 138-012 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. 138-12\n\nDate: July 30, 1972\nTime: 1:56 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 198-23]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson\n         -Return call by Colson","filename":["138-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"138-011","nextCode":"138-013","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.22,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.24,"end":6.66,"text":"Yes, Mr. Coulson should be to a phone in about a half an hour if you'd like for him to return the call."},{"start":7.16,"end":7.68,"text":"Fine, okay."},{"start":7.7,"end":9.67,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator to coordinate a telephonic conversation with Charles W. Colson. The operator confirmed that Colson would be available to return the President's call within approximately thirty minutes. The interaction served strictly as a logistical arrangement to facilitate direct communication between the two men.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","logistics","telecommunications","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:37:24.719Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","logistics","telecommunications","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"138-012.mp3","bytes":265821,"durationSec":11,"bitrate":193324,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/138-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/138-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/138/conversation-138-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}