{"conversationCode":"155-016","tapeNumber":155,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-155-016","startDateTime":"1972-11-20T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-20T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1972","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"20-Nov-1972","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On November 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 155-016 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. 155-16\n\nDate: November 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 228-5]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["155-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"155-015","nextCode":"155-017","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":3.27,"text":"Operator?"},{"start":3.29,"end":4.3,"text":"Question, please."},{"start":4.32,"end":5.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative request to reach a senior staff member for further communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Communication","Administrative operations","Charles W. Colson","White House staffing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:03:06.729Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication","administrative-operations","charles-w-colson","white-house-staffing"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"155-016.mp3","bytes":264824,"durationSec":10.91,"bitrate":194247,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/155-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/155-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/155/conversation-155-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}