{"conversationCode":"157-029","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-029","startDateTime":"1972-12-09T21:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-09T23:50:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1972","startTime":"4:00 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1972","endTime":"6:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-029 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. 157-29\n\nDate: December 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 6:50 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 235-25]\n\n       Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["157-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"157-028","nextCode":"157-030","transcript":[{"start":4.32,"end":5.74,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":5.76,"end":6.83,"text":"Oh, Mr. Holman, please."},{"start":6.86,"end":7.04,"text":"Yes, sir?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served solely as an operational request to connect the President with his key advisor. No substantive policy matters or further political discussions were addressed during this specific communication.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:09:18.132Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-029.mp3","bytes":359227,"durationSec":14.83,"bitrate":193827,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}