{"conversationCode":"153-057","tapeNumber":153,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-153-057","startDateTime":"1972-11-18T12:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-18T14:39:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1972","startTime":"7:45 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:39 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On November 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:45 am and 9:39 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-057 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. 153-57\n\nDate: November 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:45 am and 9:39 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 226-30]\n\n       Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["153-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"153-056","nextCode":"153-058","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":5.6,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.78,"end":7.15,"text":"Two seconds, please."},{"start":7.17,"end":7.51,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation was strictly administrative, serving solely as a request to connect with a senior staff member. No policy matters or further substantive discussions were conducted during this brief exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Ronald Ziegler","Camp David","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:00:20.124Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","ronald-ziegler","camp-david","administration"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"153-057.mp3","bytes":340069,"durationSec":14.05,"bitrate":193587,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/153-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/153/conversation-153-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}