{"conversationCode":"158-016","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-016","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T17:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T17:09:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:08 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.); Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 29, 1972, Col. Richard T. Kennedy and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:08 pm to 12:09 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-016 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. 158-16\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: 12:08 pm - 12:09 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nCol. Richard T. Kennedy talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-20]\n\n       Kennedy’s and Gerald L. Warren’s schedules\n            -Arrival to Camp David\n                  -Timing\n                  -Arrangements\n                        -Pentagon","filename":["158-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.)","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"158-015","nextCode":"158-017","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":2.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.21,"end":11.6,"text":"Mr. President, I have Colonel Kennedy calling for you."},{"start":11.62,"end":11.92,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":11.94,"end":12.3,"text":"Go ahead."},{"start":12.32,"end":15.72,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":15.74,"end":17.17,"text":"Yeah, hi."},{"start":17.19,"end":18.53,"text":"I was just talking to Jerry."},{"start":18.55,"end":20.41,"text":"We could hopefully come up if that'll be convenient to you."},{"start":20.43,"end":22.45,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":22.47,"end":26.72,"text":"We could be up, we could leave here, say, in about 30 or 40 minutes, and be up there in about 1.30."},{"start":26.74,"end":26.96,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":26.98,"end":29.46,"text":"All right, so we'll do that."},{"start":29.48,"end":29.64,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.66,"end":30.22,"text":"And we'll do it quickly."},{"start":37.91,"end":64.94,"text":"Uh, let me ask you to do this, uh, so you can get away with, uh,"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Colonel Richard T. Kennedy contacted President Nixon to coordinate travel logistics for a scheduled visit to Camp David. Kennedy proposed a timeline for his and Gerald L. Warren's departure and arrival to ensure the meeting could proceed as planned. The President approved the suggested arrangements, finalizing the travel itinerary for the group.","topics":["Camp David","travel logistics","White House staff","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:11:58.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["camp-david","travel-logistics","white-house-staff","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-016.mp3","bytes":2060719,"durationSec":85.73,"bitrate":192291,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}