{"conversationCode":"158-030","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-030","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 158-030 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. 158-30\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. 237-38]\n\n       [David] Kenneth Rush\n            -Return call\n\f                                               -39-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["158-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-029","nextCode":"158-031","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":6.53,"text":"Hello."},{"start":6.55,"end":6.92,"text":"Mr. President, Mr."},{"start":6.93,"end":7.64,"text":"Rush will be home in a few minutes."},{"start":7.66,"end":8.56,"text":"Do you want me to leave where Dan called you?"},{"start":8.58,"end":9.02,"text":"Yes, you can call him."},{"start":9.04,"end":9.24,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":9.27,"end":9.47,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.49,"end":9.69,"text":"Very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the Camp David operator to facilitate a return call to Kenneth Rush. The primary purpose of the exchange was to confirm the logistics for reaching Rush once he arrived home. No further policy or administrative decisions were made during this brief coordination effort.","topics":["Kenneth Rush","Telephone logistics","Communication management","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:13:17.140Z"},"topicSlugs":["kenneth-rush","telephone-logistics","communication-management","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-030.mp3","bytes":381753,"durationSec":15.77,"bitrate":193619,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:57.152Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}