{"conversationCode":"158-034","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-034","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T14:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T14:53:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"9:41 AM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator;","description":"On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 9:41 am and 9:53 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-034 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. 158-34\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:41 am and 9:53 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-43]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["158-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-033","nextCode":"158-035","transcript":[{"start":4.05,"end":6.29,"text":"Over to the right, yes ma'am"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate high-level communication while the President was working from the Camp David retreat. No substantive political or policy discussions occurred during this brief request for operator assistance.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Camp David","Presidential communications","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:13:40.072Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","camp-david","presidential-communications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-034.mp3","bytes":299039,"durationSec":12.31,"bitrate":194391,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}