{"conversationCode":"139-001","tapeNumber":139,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-139-001","startDateTime":"1972-08-09T01:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-09T02:53:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:10 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"10:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 10:53 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 139-001 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. 139-1\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 pm and 10:53 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 200-2]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["139-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"138-014","nextCode":"139-002","transcript":[{"start":3.54,"end":4.68,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.74,"end":5.92,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the Camp David operator to request a connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The exchange served exclusively as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with a key administration advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:37:40.673Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"139-001.mp3","bytes":240116,"durationSec":9.95,"bitrate":193122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/139-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/139-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/139/conversation-139-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}