{"conversationCode":"158-031","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-031","startDateTime":"1972-12-29T23:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T00:02:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:52 PM","endDate":"29-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:02 PM","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 6:52 pm and 7:02 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-031 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. 158-31\n\nDate: December 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:52 pm and 7:02 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-39]\n\n       Request for a call to U. Alexis Johnson\n            -Johnson’s identity\n                   -[Under] Secretary of State","filename":["158-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-030","nextCode":"158-032","transcript":[{"start":4.27,"end":14.87,"text":"All right, we'll go first then."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an official communication. The primary purpose of the call was to request that the operator connect him with U. Alexis Johnson, the Under Secretary of State. This exchange reflects the President's administrative efforts to initiate high-level diplomatic outreach while stationed at the presidential retreat.","topics":["U. Alexis Johnson","Diplomacy","State Department","Communication","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:13:23.249Z"},"topicSlugs":["u-alexis-johnson","diplomacy","state-department","communication","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-031.mp3","bytes":529754,"durationSec":21.92,"bitrate":193340,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-031","catalogNaId":648452583,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/648452583","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}