{"conversationCode":"153-056","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-056","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T01:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T04:59:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:56 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Camp David Operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 17, 1972, Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:56 pm and 11:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-056 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. 153-56\n\nDate: November 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:56 pm and 11:59 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n       Call to Ann Duggan\n             -Location\n                   -New York\n                   -California","filename":["153-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Camp David Operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"153-055","nextCode":"153-057","transcript":[{"start":1.06,"end":1.44,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.8,"end":5.81,"text":"Mr. President, on your call to Ms. Duggan, there's no answer to New York residents."},{"start":5.83,"end":8.42,"text":"We also tried out in California, and there was no response there either."},{"start":8.44,"end":9.1,"text":"OK, let it go."},{"start":9.14,"end":9.54,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":9.56,"end":11.51,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to place a telephone call to Ann Duggan, but the Camp David operator reported that she could not be reached at either her New York or California residences. After receiving confirmation that there was no answer at both locations, the President instructed the operator to abandon the effort. No further action was taken regarding the call.","topics":["Ann Duggan","Telephone communications","Camp David","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:00:14.493Z"},"topicSlugs":["ann-duggan","telephone-communications","camp-david","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-056.mp3","bytes":426576,"durationSec":17.64,"bitrate":193458,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}