{"conversationCode":"153-054","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-054","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:53:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:47 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:53 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 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-054 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. 153-54\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:47 pm and 8:53 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-21]\n\n       Request for a call to Paul W. Keyes\n            -Location\n                   -Los Angeles\n                   -White House operator\n\f                                             -59-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 153-53 (cont’d)","filename":["153-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-053","nextCode":"153-055","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":6.28,"text":"Trimester Paul Keyes is in Los Angeles."},{"start":6.3,"end":19.74,"text":"The White House operator has his number."},{"start":19.76,"end":20.06,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":20.08,"end":20.28,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to Paul W. Keyes, a television producer and frequent associate. The President requested that the White House operator connect him to Keyes, who was located in Los Angeles at the time. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to bridge communication between the President and Keyes.","topics":["Paul W. Keyes","White House communications","Logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:00:03.329Z"},"topicSlugs":["paul-w-keyes","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-054.mp3","bytes":621552,"durationSec":25.76,"bitrate":193028,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.220Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}