{"conversationCode":"153-052","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-052","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:41:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:40 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); McKee, Patricia B.;","description":"On November 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Patricia B. McKee talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:40 pm to 8:41 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-052 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. 153-52\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: 8:40 pm - 8:41 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with Patricia B. McKee.\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-19\n\f                                             -58-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n       McKee’s location\n           -Dinner\n                 -Laurel Lodge\n\n       Work for McKee","filename":["153-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","McKee, Patricia B."],"prevCode":"153-051","nextCode":"153-053","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":0.98,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.32,"end":2.34,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.36,"end":3,"text":"Are you at dinner?"},{"start":3.44,"end":4,"text":"Yes, I am."},{"start":4.41,"end":5.33,"text":"Oh, good, good."},{"start":6.01,"end":7.47,"text":"Well, are you at Laurel?"},{"start":7.97,"end":8.21,"text":"Yes."},{"start":9.05,"end":9.43,"text":"How is it?"},{"start":9.51,"end":9.89,"text":"How is it?"},{"start":9.93,"end":10.39,"text":"A good dinner?"},{"start":10.67,"end":11.89,"text":"Very, very nice."},{"start":11.91,"end":12.18,"text":"Good."},{"start":13.06,"end":15.26,"text":"Well, I had nothing that's important."},{"start":15.84,"end":18.64,"text":"I've got a few little things I'll give you in the morning, okay?"},{"start":18.66,"end":19.3,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":19.53,"end":19.93,"text":"Okay."},{"start":22.31,"end":22.61,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":22.63,"end":22.85,"text":"Good night."},{"start":22.87,"end":22.95,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief, informal telephone call to Patricia B. McKee while she was attending a dinner at Laurel Lodge. The purpose of the contact was to check on the quality of her evening rather than to conduct official business. Nixon concluded the conversation by stating that he would provide her with routine work assignments the following morning.","topics":["Camp David","Presidential staff","informal communication","administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:59:51.971Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","presidential-staff","informal-communication","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-052.mp3","bytes":669175,"durationSec":27.75,"bitrate":192938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.219Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}