{"conversationCode":"140-013","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-013","startDateTime":"1972-08-17T01:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T01:06:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:06 PM","endDate":"16-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:06 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-013 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. 140-13\n\nDate: August 16, 1972\nTime: 9:06 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 203-1]\n\n     Request for a call to George Meany\n         -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]","filename":["140-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-012","nextCode":"140-014","transcript":[{"start":1.69,"end":2.49,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.51,"end":6.88,"text":"To try Mr. George Meany of the F of LCIO in Washington, please."},{"start":7.08,"end":8.51,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection with George Meany, the president of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The call was initiated to establish direct communication with the influential labor leader regarding matters of national concern. No further policy discussion occurred during this brief request for the operator's assistance.","topics":["George Meany","AFL-CIO","Labor relations","Presidential communication","Telephone connectivity"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:39:26.196Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","afl-cio","labor-relations","presidential-communication","telephone-connectivity"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-013.mp3","bytes":290898,"durationSec":12.05,"bitrate":193073,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.129Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}