{"conversationCode":"157-041","tapeNumber":157,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-157-041","startDateTime":"1972-12-09T23:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-10T00:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:50 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:46 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 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-041 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. 157-41\n\nDate: December 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:50 pm and 7:46 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 235-22]\n\n       Request for a call to Richard T. Kennedy","filename":["157-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"157-040","nextCode":"157-042","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":0.92,"text":"Operator."},{"start":1.39,"end":2.58,"text":"Colonel Kennedy, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a telephonic request to the Camp David operator to connect him with Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication with a key member of the National Security Council staff. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short exchange beyond the placement of the call.","topics":["Richard T. Kennedy","White House communications","Logistics","National Security Council"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:10:22.196Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-t-kennedy","white-house-communications","logistics","national-security-council"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"157-041.mp3","bytes":254528,"durationSec":10.47,"bitrate":194543,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/157-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/157/conversation-157-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}