{"conversationCode":"157-008","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-008","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T20:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T21:40:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1972","startTime":"3:31 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1972","endTime":"4:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-008 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. 157-8\n\nDate: December 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:31 pm and 4:40 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\f                                            -13-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 157-8 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 233-14]\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["157-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"157-007","nextCode":"157-009","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":8.27,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to establish communication with a senior advisor. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific interaction.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:07:25.908Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-008.mp3","bytes":374897,"durationSec":15.47,"bitrate":193912,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.932Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}