{"conversationCode":"153-038","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-038","startDateTime":"1972-11-17T13:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-17T17:40:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:36 AM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"12:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:36 am and 12:40 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-038 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. 153-38\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:36 am and 12:40 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\f                                             -47-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 153-38 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-5]\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["153-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-037","nextCode":"153-039","transcript":[{"start":3.2,"end":5.73,"text":"Yes please."},{"start":5.75,"end":5.96,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary step to bridge the President to his top aide for an unscheduled discussion. No other substantive policy matters were addressed during this call.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House communications","presidential operations","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:58:35.081Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-operations","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-038.mp3","bytes":299308,"durationSec":12.33,"bitrate":194145,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.217Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}