{"conversationCode":"158-003","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-003","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T02:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T02:41:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:10 PM","endDate":"28-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:10 pm and 9:41 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-003 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. 158-3\n\nDate: December 28, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 pm and 9:41 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\f                                                -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 158-3 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-6]\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["158-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-002","nextCode":"158-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.08,"text":"You got birds?"},{"start":5.1,"end":5.91,"text":"Uh, that's good to be back up right now."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication request. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to initiate a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This exchange highlights the President's reliance on support staff to maintain secure and direct lines of communication with his foreign policy team while at the presidential retreat.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Camp David","Presidential communications","Foreign policy coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:10:44.050Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","camp-david","presidential-communications","foreign-policy-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-003.mp3","bytes":295276,"durationSec":12.16,"bitrate":194260,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:57.145Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}