{"conversationCode":"142-008","tapeNumber":142,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-142-008","startDateTime":"1972-09-13T15:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-13T15:26:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Sep-1972","startTime":"11:26 AM","endDate":"13-Sep-1972","endTime":"11:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On September 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 11:26 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 142-008 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. 142-8\n\nDate: September 13, 1972\nTime: 11:26 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n            Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["142-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"142-007","nextCode":"142-009","transcript":[{"start":1.28,"end":3.7,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.86,"end":4.71,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to White House special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with his advisor. The call highlights the President’s reliance on internal staff operators to manage his communications while stationed at Camp David.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Presidential communications","White House operations","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:44:34.523Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"142-008.mp3","bytes":199992,"durationSec":8.27,"bitrate":193540,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/142-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/142-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/142/conversation-142-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}