{"conversationCode":"140-049","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-049","startDateTime":"1972-08-20T15:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-20T16:27:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:25 AM","endDate":"20-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-049 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. 140-49\n\nDate: August 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:25 am and 12:27 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 206-25]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["140-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-048","nextCode":"140-050","transcript":[{"start":3,"end":3.48,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.55,"end":4.88,"text":"Yes, we are."},{"start":5.2,"end":6.11,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with his Special Counsel. No policy matters or substantive discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Logistics","Telecommunications","White House Staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:42:47.030Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","logistics","telecommunications","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-049.mp3","bytes":221935,"durationSec":9.19,"bitrate":193267,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}