{"conversationCode":"153-047","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-047","startDateTime":"1972-11-17T18:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-17T23:20:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"1:15 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"6:20 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 1:15 pm and 6:20 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-047 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. 153-47\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:15 pm and 6:20 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-14]\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["153-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-046","nextCode":"153-048","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":5.25,"text":"Yes, please."}],"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 connection between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange beyond the successful initiation of the call request.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communications","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:59:24.725Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-047.mp3","bytes":286140,"durationSec":11.8,"bitrate":193993,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}