{"conversationCode":"153-043","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-043","startDateTime":"1972-11-17T17:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-17T18:04:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:50 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"1:04 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 12:50 pm and 1:04 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-043 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. 153-43\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 1:04 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-10]\n\n       Request for a call to Bryce N. Harlow\n            -Location\n\f                                            -50-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                  -Washington, DC","filename":["153-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-042","nextCode":"153-044","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":4.66,"text":"I'm ready."},{"start":4.8,"end":6.82,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an official phone call. The primary purpose of the communication was to request that the operator connect him with Bryce N. Harlow. No further policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Bryce N. Harlow","Camp David","Administrative communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:59:02.605Z"},"topicSlugs":["bryce-n-harlow","camp-david","administrative-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-043.mp3","bytes":317489,"durationSec":13.09,"bitrate":193985,"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/153-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}