{"conversationCode":"148-020","tapeNumber":148,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-148-020","startDateTime":"1972-10-11T23:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-11T23:23:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:03 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On October 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:03 pm and 7:23 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 148-020 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. 148-20\n\nDate: October 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:03 pm and 7:23 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 219-28]\n\n        John D. Ehrlichman's schedule","filename":["148-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"148-019","nextCode":"149-001","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":1.58,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.6,"end":3.95,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Ehrlichman just left in a car."},{"start":3.97,"end":5.63,"text":"Should we try to reach him?"},{"start":5.65,"end":6.7,"text":"Oh, not in a car."},{"start":6.78,"end":7.74,"text":"I'll call him later."},{"start":7.92,"end":8.22,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":8.38,"end":9.25,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the Camp David operator regarding the current whereabouts of advisor John D. Ehrlichman. Upon learning that Ehrlichman had just departed in a vehicle, the President decided against attempting to reach him at that moment. Nixon concluded the brief exchange by opting to defer the communication to a later time.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","scheduling","communication","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:51:47.957Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","scheduling","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"148-020.mp3","bytes":337292,"durationSec":13.99,"bitrate":192922,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/148-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/148-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/148/conversation-148-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}