{"conversationCode":"145-012","tapeNumber":145,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-145-012","startDateTime":"1972-10-02T20:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:22:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:59 PM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:59 pm and 8:22 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-012 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. 145-12\n\nDate: October 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:59 pm and 8:22 pm\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":["145-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"145-011","nextCode":"145-013","transcript":[{"start":0.76,"end":4.03,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.99,"end":5.98,"text":"John Colson, please."},{"start":6,"end":7.22,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. The interaction served as a logistical request to establish communication between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions or complex strategic decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:46:56.482Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"145-012.mp3","bytes":274598,"durationSec":11.39,"bitrate":192925,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/145-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/145/conversation-145-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}