{"conversationCode":"158-025","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-025","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T22:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T22:40:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"5:40 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"5:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 5:40 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-025 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. 158-25\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: 5:40 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-32]\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger’s location\n            -Location\n            -Call from the President\n\n       Col. Richard T. Kennedy’s location\n             -Call from the President","filename":["158-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-024","nextCode":"158-026","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":11.61,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":13.54,"end":14.64,"text":"You're calling?"},{"start":20.89,"end":21.49,"text":"Yes, I want to call 3-9-5-6-6."},{"start":21.51,"end":25.58,"text":"He is out and expecting to be back here in a moment, currently, and I'm expecting him to call back, but I figure I'll, uh, I'll try and, uh, you know, I'm not going to tell you what I'll do."},{"start":25.6,"end":28.28,"text":"I'm just going to say, like, call right turn, Colonel Kennedy 2 is supposed to be back about 6, and I'm going to hear off him, so, uh,"},{"start":28.85,"end":33.41,"text":"Alright, thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate urgent phone calls to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and Colonel Richard T. Kennedy. The operator informed the President that Colonel Kennedy was temporarily unavailable but expected to return shortly. The exchange served as a logistical attempt by Nixon to coordinate communications with key members of his foreign policy team during his stay at Camp David.","topics":["White House communications","Henry Kissinger","Richard T. Kennedy","Camp David","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:12:48.907Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","henry-kissinger","richard-t-kennedy","camp-david","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-025.mp3","bytes":883930,"durationSec":36.68,"bitrate":192787,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}