{"conversationCode":"157-023","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-023","startDateTime":"1972-12-08T02:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-08T02:12:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:12 PM","endDate":"7-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Camp David Operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 7, 1972, Camp David operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David at 9:12 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-023 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. 157-23\n\nDate: December 7, 1972\nTime: 9:12 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe Camp David operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 234-15A]\n\n       Raymond K. Price, Jr.’s location\n           -Call back instructions\n                 -December 8, 1972\n\f                                             -31-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["157-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Camp David Operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"157-022","nextCode":"157-024","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.81,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":0.99,"end":4.24,"text":"Mr. President, we have not been able to locate Mr. Price yet."},{"start":4.29,"end":6.13,"text":"We are still looking for him."},{"start":6.15,"end":7.66,"text":"Cancel tomorrow, okay?"},{"start":7.8,"end":8.18,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.2,"end":9.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a Camp David operator to determine the current location of aide Raymond K. Price, Jr. After learning that staff had been unable to reach Price, the President issued a direct order to cancel his meeting scheduled for the following day. This brief exchange reflects the President's administrative management of his schedule while at Camp David.","topics":["Raymond K. Price, Jr.","Presidential Scheduling","Camp David","Administrative Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:08:44.595Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","presidential-scheduling","camp-david","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-023.mp3","bytes":361064,"durationSec":14.89,"bitrate":193946,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:56.935Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}