{"conversationCode":"145-020","tapeNumber":145,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-145-020","startDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:39:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:36 PM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:39 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 8:36 pm and 8:39 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-020 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. 145-20\n\nDate: October 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:36 pm and 8:39 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 214-32]\n\n            Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["145-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"145-019","nextCode":"145-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.26,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":6.6,"end":7.98,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":8.02,"end":8.93,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to request an outgoing telephone connection to Charles W. Colson. The call served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Communication logistics","Presidential administration","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:47:40.002Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","communication-logistics","presidential-administration","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"145-020.mp3","bytes":355473,"durationSec":14.75,"bitrate":192842,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/145-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/145/conversation-145-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}