{"conversationCode":"139-003","tapeNumber":139,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-139-003","startDateTime":"1972-08-09T17:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-09T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Aug-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"9-Aug-1972","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 1:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 139-003 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. 139-3\n\nDate: August 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:47 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 200-16]\n\n     Request for a call to John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["139-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"139-002","nextCode":"139-004","transcript":[{"start":2.36,"end":4.37,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to domestic policy advisor John D. Ehrlichman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with a key member of his staff. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange as it was limited to the request for the phone connection.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","Telephone logistics","White House staff communication","Administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:37:51.937Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","telephone-logistics","white-house-staff-communication","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"139-003.mp3","bytes":246386,"durationSec":10.2,"bitrate":193243,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/139-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/139-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/139/conversation-139-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}