{"conversationCode":"153-004","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-004","startDateTime":"1972-11-14T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-14T14:36:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"14-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:36 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:36 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 153-4\n\nDate: November 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:36 am\n\f                                                -5-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 153-4 (cont’d)\n\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 224-10]\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["153-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-003","nextCode":"153-005","transcript":[{"start":2.17,"end":2.98,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3,"end":4.21,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":4.23,"end":5.69,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to initiate a high-level discussion regarding ongoing foreign policy matters. The exchange highlights the standard procedure Nixon employed to manage secure communications while stationed at the presidential retreat.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:55:27.565Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-004.mp3","bytes":269209,"durationSec":11.08,"bitrate":194374,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.210Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}