{"conversationCode":"140-057","tapeNumber":140,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-140-057","startDateTime":"1972-08-21T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-21T16:28:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Aug-1972","startTime":"11:20 AM","endDate":"21-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 11:20 am and 12:28 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 140-057 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. 140-57\n\nDate: August 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:20 am and 12:28 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 207-5]\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n         -Hydrofoil ceremony\n         -Forthcoming return call to the President","filename":["140-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"140-056","nextCode":"140-058","transcript":[{"start":1.16,"end":1.48,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.9,"end":6.56,"text":"Yes, Dr. Kissinger has gone out to the hydrofoil ceremony."},{"start":6.66,"end":7.52,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":7.54,"end":8.81,"text":"He can call me when he gets back."},{"start":8.83,"end":10.47,"text":"Have him call you when he gets back."},{"start":10.65,"end":10.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.77,"end":11.37,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator to coordinate scheduling with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. Upon learning that Kissinger was attending a hydrofoil ceremony, the President requested that Kissinger place a return call to him immediately upon his return. This brief administrative exchange ensured the President maintained direct contact with his advisor regarding pressing policy matters.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House scheduling","Presidential communication","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:43:31.188Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-scheduling","presidential-communication","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"140-057.mp3","bytes":378670,"durationSec":15.71,"bitrate":192870,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.136Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/140-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/140-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/140/conversation-140-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}