{"conversationCode":"153-031","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-031","startDateTime":"1972-11-16T17:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-16T18:35:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:30 PM","endDate":"16-Nov-1972","endTime":"1:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On November 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 1:35 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-031 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. 153-31\n\nDate: November 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:30 pm and 1:35 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 225-32]\n\n       Request for a call to Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n            -Location\n                   -New York\n\f                                               -40-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                        Conversation No.153-30 (cont’d)","filename":["153-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-030","nextCode":"153-032","transcript":[{"start":1.84,"end":2.6,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.74,"end":4.97,"text":"You get me Mr. Hobart and Lewis, please."},{"start":5.24,"end":6.06,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":6.1,"end":6.53,"text":"In New York."},{"start":6.54,"end":8.66,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to initiate an outgoing telephone call to Hobart D. \"Hobe\" Lewis. The President provided the operator with the recipient's name and specified his location in New York to facilitate the connection. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Lewis.","topics":["Telephone communication","Logistics","Hobart D. Lewis","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:57:56.576Z"},"topicSlugs":["telephone-communication","logistics","hobart-d-lewis","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-031.mp3","bytes":328147,"durationSec":13.53,"bitrate":193978,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.216Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}