{"conversationCode":"158-038","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-038","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T15:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T15:54:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:12 AM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:54 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 10:12 am and 10:54 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-038 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. 158-38\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:12 am and 10:54 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 237-49]\n\n       Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["158-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-037","nextCode":"158-039","transcript":[{"start":6.53,"end":7.27,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate an urgent communication. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to place an outgoing call to White House aide Stephen B. Bull. No substantive policy discussions or complex strategic decisions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Stephen B. Bull","Camp David","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:14:02.598Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","stephen-b-bull","camp-david","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-038.mp3","bytes":330392,"durationSec":13.61,"bitrate":194157,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}