{"conversationCode":"145-022","tapeNumber":145,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-145-022","startDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:51:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:43 PM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:51 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 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-022 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. 145-22\n\nDate: October 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm\n\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 214-35]\n\n             Henry A. Kissinger's location\n                -Birch lodge\n                     -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin\n                     -Andrei A. Gromyko","filename":["145-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"145-021","nextCode":"145-023","transcript":[{"start":7.22,"end":7.92,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":7.94,"end":9.39,"text":"Brother, would you ring Dr. Kissinger?"},{"start":9.47,"end":17.81,"text":"He may be in Birch with Mr. Gromyko, but would you find out and get him on the phone for me, please?"},{"start":17.83,"end":19.8,"text":"All right, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the Camp David operator to connect him with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Nixon sought to determine if Kissinger was currently meeting with Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at Birch Lodge. The primary objective was to facilitate a direct communication line with Kissinger amidst his high-level diplomatic discussions.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Anatoliy Dobrynin","Andrei Gromyko","Diplomacy","Soviet-American relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:47:50.652Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","anatoliy-dobrynin","andrei-gromyko","diplomacy","soviet-american-relations"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"145-022.mp3","bytes":545435,"durationSec":22.65,"bitrate":192619,"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/145-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/145/conversation-145-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}