{"conversationCode":"157-020","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-020","startDateTime":"1972-12-06T22:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-07T01:16:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:59 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:16 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 5:59 pm and 8:16 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-020 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. 157-20\n\nDate: December 6, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:59 pm and 8:16 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["157-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"157-019","nextCode":"157-021","transcript":[{"start":3.64,"end":5.51,"text":"All of them, please."},{"start":5.53,"end":6.18,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his Chief of Staff, H. R. Haldeman. The primary purpose of this brief telephone exchange was to secure a direct line to his senior advisor. This call reflects the administrative process Nixon utilized to manage his inner circle while stationed at Camp David.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House staff","Presidential communication","Camp David operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:08:28.062Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-staff","presidential-communication","camp-david-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-020.mp3","bytes":341672,"durationSec":14.09,"bitrate":193948,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}