{"conversationCode":"153-015","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-015","startDateTime":"1972-11-14T19:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-14T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1972","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-015 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. 153-15\n\nDate: November 14, 1972\nTime: 2:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 224-21]\n\n       Thomas W.(“Teddy”) Gleason\n           -Location\n                -Arrival\n                      -New York City flooding","filename":["153-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-014","nextCode":"153-016","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.16,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.36,"end":4.57,"text":"Mr. President, on your call to Mr. Gleason, he's returning from a meeting."},{"start":4.59,"end":5.61,"text":"He should be in his office."},{"start":6.01,"end":8.36,"text":"Apparently there's heavy flooding in the New York area."},{"start":8.46,"end":8.8,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":9.17,"end":9.81,"text":"There's no hurry."},{"start":9.83,"end":11.13,"text":"Just whenever he comes."},{"start":11.15,"end":12.44,"text":"Very good, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to initiate a telephone call with labor leader Thomas W. 'Teddy' Gleason from Camp David. The operator informed the President that Gleason was unavailable due to his travel schedule and delays caused by severe flooding in the New York City area. Nixon acknowledged the situation and instructed the operator to place the call whenever Gleason returned to his office.","topics":["Thomas W. Gleason","Labor relations","Camp David","New York City","Flooding"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:56:28.360Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-w-gleason","labor-relations","camp-david","new-york-city","flooding"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-015.mp3","bytes":454115,"durationSec":18.8,"bitrate":193240,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}