{"conversationCode":"148-004","tapeNumber":148,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-148-004","startDateTime":"1972-10-11T00:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-11T00:20:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:20 PM","endDate":"10-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On October 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 8:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 148-004 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. 148-4\n\nDate: October 10, 1972\nTime: 8:20 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 219-6]\n\n        Request for a call to Wilbur D. Mills\n\n        The President's schedule\n            -Charles W. Colson\n            -Mills","filename":["148-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"148-003","nextCode":"148-005","transcript":[{"start":5.26,"end":5.82,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":5.84,"end":7.23,"text":"Detroit Congressman William."},{"start":7.73,"end":8.71,"text":"Wilbur Mills, please."},{"start":9.11,"end":9.62,"text":"Wilbur Mills?"},{"start":9.7,"end":10.98,"text":"I have Mr. Coles for you, too, sir."},{"start":11.34,"end":13.59,"text":"Well, tell him I have to wait till I get Mr. Mills."},{"start":13.61,"end":14.33,"text":"I'll call him back."},{"start":14.59,"end":15.03,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":15.09,"end":15.45,"text":"Will do."},{"start":16.04,"end":16.12,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to place a telephone call to Representative Wilbur D. Mills. The President explicitly prioritized this connection over a pending call with Charles W. Colson, directing the operator to hold the latter until Mills was reached. This interaction reflects the President's urgent need to coordinate with the powerful House Ways and Means Committee Chairman.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","Charles W. Colson","Congressional relations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:50:18.314Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","charles-w-colson","congressional-relations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"148-004.mp3","bytes":482741,"durationSec":20.05,"bitrate":192582,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:55.461Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/148-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/148-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/148/conversation-148-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}