{"conversationCode":"158-029","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-029","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T23:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-29T23:52:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:52 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"6:52 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 6:52 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-029 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. 158-29\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: 6:52 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-37]\n\n       Request for a call to [David] Kenneth Rush\n            -Rush’s identity\n                   -Deputy Secretary of Defense","filename":["158-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-028","nextCode":"158-030","transcript":[{"start":6.97,"end":17.09,"text":"All right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent telephone call to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kenneth Rush. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to establish communication with the high-ranking defense official. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange beyond the successful placement of the requested call.","topics":["Kenneth Rush","Department of Defense","Presidential Communications","Logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:13:11.710Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-rush","department-of-defense","presidential-communications","logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-029.mp3","bytes":583000,"durationSec":24.16,"bitrate":193046,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}