{"conversationCode":"157-017","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-017","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T22:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-06T22:54:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:31 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1972","endTime":"5:54 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 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-017 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. 157-17\n\nDate: December 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:54 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 234-1]\n\n       Request for a meeting with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman at Aspen Lodge\n\f                                             -28-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["157-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"157-016","nextCode":"157-018","transcript":[{"start":5.38,"end":8.2,"text":"Dr. Haldeman, come over to Aspen, please."},{"start":8.22,"end":8.42,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic request to the Camp David operator to summon H. R. Haldeman to Aspen Lodge. The call serves as a logistical directive to facilitate an immediate in-person meeting between the President and his Chief of Staff. No further policy matters are discussed during this administrative exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Aspen Lodge","Camp David","Logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:08:11.075Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","aspen-lodge","camp-david","logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-017.mp3","bytes":383677,"durationSec":15.84,"bitrate":193776,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.934Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}