{"conversationCode":"158-008","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-008","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T16:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T16:23:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:06 AM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:23 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:06 am and 11:23 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-008 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. 158-8\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:06 am and 11:23 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-13]\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger’s schedule\n            -Telephone call\n\n       Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo\n\f                                                -12-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["158-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-007","nextCode":"158-009","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":7.17,"text":"Hello."},{"start":7.19,"end":7.47,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":7.49,"end":7.57,"text":"Yes."},{"start":7.59,"end":7.77,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.79,"end":8.66,"text":"Mr. Kissinger is on another call right now."},{"start":8.68,"end":9.22,"text":"I don't know if he's there."},{"start":9.24,"end":9.52,"text":"Call you back."},{"start":9.54,"end":9.72,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":9.74,"end":9.98,"text":"I apologize."},{"start":10,"end":10.32,"text":"Thanks for that."},{"start":10.34,"end":10.58,"text":"Thanks, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate administrative communication regarding his schedule and personal contacts. During the brief interaction, the President sought a status update on a phone call with Henry Kissinger and requested to be connected to his close friend, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The operator informed the President of Kissinger's unavailability and promised to return the call once the line cleared.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Bebe Rebozo","White House communications","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:11:11.634Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","bebe-rebozo","white-house-communications","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-008.mp3","bytes":413144,"durationSec":17.08,"bitrate":193510,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:57.147Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}