{"conversationCode":"157-003","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-003","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T02:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T03:05:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:39 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:05 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 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-003 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. 157-3\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:39 pm and 10:05 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 233-4]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["157-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"157-002","nextCode":"157-004","transcript":[{"start":2,"end":8.71,"text":"What if you try Mr. Coulson, please?"},{"start":8.73,"end":9.99,"text":"Mr. Coulson?"},{"start":10.21,"end":12,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":12.02,"end":13.38,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to initiate this private communication. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:06:58.400Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-003.mp3","bytes":536022,"durationSec":22.2,"bitrate":193161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}