{"conversationCode":"157-001","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-001","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T02:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T02:31:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:00 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:31 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-001 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. 157-1\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 pm and 9:31 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 233-23]\n\n       Request for a call to [Apollo XVII] astronauts\n            -Capt. Eugene A. Cernan","filename":["157-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"156-023","nextCode":"157-002","transcript":[{"start":4.27,"end":5.51,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.53,"end":9.42,"text":"You can get the Apollo astronauts on the phone at 9.30, please."},{"start":9.52,"end":10.22,"text":"9.30?"},{"start":10.24,"end":11.24,"text":"Sure, sir."},{"start":11.52,"end":13.37,"text":"That's Mr. Cernan."},{"start":13.79,"end":16.31,"text":"You placed a call to him."},{"start":16.35,"end":17.31,"text":"They'll all be together."},{"start":17.35,"end":18.07,"text":"Very good, sir."},{"start":18.16,"end":18.78,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":18.8,"end":20.52,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to the Apollo 17 astronauts. He specifically requested to speak with Commander Eugene A. Cernan at 9:30 pm, confirming that the entire crew would be available together for the conversation. This interaction served as a logistical arrangement to establish official contact with the crew during their final lunar mission.","topics":["Apollo 17","Eugene A. Cernan","Space exploration","Presidential communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:06:47.402Z"},"topicSlugs":["apollo-17","eugene-a-cernan","space-exploration","presidential-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-001.mp3","bytes":685232,"durationSec":28.41,"bitrate":192932,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}