{"conversationCode":"140-021","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-021","startDateTime":"1972-08-17T13:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-17T13:58:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Aug-1972","startTime":"9:58 AM","endDate":"17-Aug-1972","endTime":"9:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:58 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-021 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. 140-21\n\nDate: August 17, 1972\nTime: 9:58 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 203-10]\n\n     Request for a call to George Meany","filename":["140-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-020","nextCode":"140-022","transcript":[{"start":5.79,"end":7.04,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative call to the Camp David operator to request that she facilitate a telephone connection to George Meany. This action suggests the President intended to conduct private outreach to the AFL-CIO president regarding labor or political matters. No substantive policy discussions took place, as the exchange was limited to the initiation of the requested call.","topics":["George Meany","AFL-CIO","Labor Relations","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:40:09.873Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","afl-cio","labor-relations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-021.mp3","bytes":242624,"durationSec":10.05,"bitrate":193069,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.130Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}