{"conversationCode":"158-044","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-044","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T16:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T16:53:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"11:52 AM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"11:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Yates, Nellie L.;","description":"On December 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Nellie L. Yates talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:52 am to 11:53 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-044 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. 158-44\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: 11:52 am - 11:53 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with Nellie L. Yates.\n\n[See Conversation No. 238-6]\n\n       Yates’s location\n\n       Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon’s schedule\n            -Return to Washington, DC\n\n       New Year’s celebration\n           -Chinese wine\n\f                                               -59-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["158-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Yates, Nellie L."],"prevCode":"158-043","nextCode":"158-045","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":14.56,"text":"Hello."},{"start":14.58,"end":15.1,"text":"Good morning, Mr. Edwards."},{"start":15.12,"end":15.72,"text":"John, your call, that's yours?"},{"start":15.74,"end":16.43,"text":"Mr. Edwards and I are calling now."},{"start":16.45,"end":16.81,"text":"Did you know that?"},{"start":16.83,"end":17.07,"text":"Oh, did you?"},{"start":17.09,"end":17.45,"text":"Did you know that?"},{"start":17.47,"end":17.55,"text":"Yes."},{"start":17.57,"end":18.97,"text":"Oh, the reason I called was because you told me you were staying back."},{"start":18.99,"end":20.43,"text":"That's the other thing that I wanted to tell you to keep it to yourself."},{"start":20.45,"end":22.15,"text":"It was because I was telling everybody that I'm sorry and that you were leaving home."},{"start":22.17,"end":22.37,"text":"Oh, sorry."},{"start":22.39,"end":23.07,"text":"Well, Mr. Edwards is up there now."},{"start":23.09,"end":23.47,"text":"Can we get through?"},{"start":23.49,"end":23.67,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":23.69,"end":24.15,"text":"I'll let him know that."},{"start":24.17,"end":24.37,"text":"All right."},{"start":24.39,"end":24.83,"text":"Well, have a nice day."},{"start":24.85,"end":25.07,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":25.09,"end":25.61,"text":"I know I had a lot of fun."},{"start":25.64,"end":26.05,"text":"Don't worry too much."},{"start":30.27,"end":41.01,"text":"I don't know why."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief telephone conversation with Nellie L. Yates to discuss logistical arrangements and scheduling for the First Lady, Pat Nixon. The discussion centered on the First Lady's return to Washington, D.C., and details concerning upcoming New Year's celebrations, including the use of Chinese wine. The call served as a coordination check regarding these holiday social plans.","topics":["Pat Nixon","New Year's celebration","White House logistics","Scheduling","Social events"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:14:36.224Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","new-years-celebration","white-house-logistics","scheduling","social-events"],"audioDurationSec":47,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-044.mp3","bytes":1140999,"durationSec":47.4,"bitrate":192573,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:57.155Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}