{"conversationCode":"153-041","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-041","startDateTime":"1972-11-17T17:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-17T17:49:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:45 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"12:49 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 12:45 pm and 12:49 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-041 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. 153-41\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 12:49 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\f                                               -49-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 153-41 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-8]\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["153-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-040","nextCode":"153-042","transcript":[{"start":1.21,"end":2,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.02,"end":2.79,"text":"Holloman, please."},{"start":2.81,"end":5,"text":"Surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served as an urgent request to initiate communication with a key member of the White House inner circle. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for logistical assistance.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House Communications","Logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:58:51.649Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-041.mp3","bytes":239123,"durationSec":9.83,"bitrate":194672,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.218Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}