{"conversationCode":"140-056","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-056","startDateTime":"1972-08-21T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-21T15:20:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:20 AM","endDate":"21-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On August 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:20 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-056 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. 140-56\n\nDate: August 21, 1972\nTime: 11:20 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 207-4]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["140-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-055","nextCode":"140-057","transcript":[{"start":3.07,"end":4.12,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":4.46,"end":5.52,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication through the Camp David operator to establish contact with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The primary purpose of this call was to facilitate an immediate discussion regarding sensitive foreign policy or national security matters. This interaction served as an administrative bridge to connect the President with his key advisor.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","Presidential Communication","Foreign Policy","National Security","Camp David Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:43:25.767Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","presidential-communication","foreign-policy","national-security","camp-david-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-056.mp3","bytes":221935,"durationSec":9.17,"bitrate":193547,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}