{"conversationCode":"153-044","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-044","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 153-044 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. 153-44\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. 226-11]\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["153-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-043","nextCode":"153-045","transcript":[{"start":1.92,"end":2.64,"text":"Here, please."},{"start":2.66,"end":3.76,"text":"To Harlem, please."},{"start":3.78,"end":3.98,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a private consultation between the President and his senior advisor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House Staff","Communication Logistics","Presidential Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:59:07.804Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-staff","communication-logistics","presidential-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-044.mp3","bytes":262318,"durationSec":10.8,"bitrate":194309,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}