{"conversationCode":"158-050","tapeNumber":158,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-158-050","startDateTime":"1972-12-30T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-30T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"30-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:29 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 158-050 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. 158-50\n\nDate: December 30, 1972\nTime: 12:29 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 238-12]\n\n       Request for a call to Adm. Thomas H. Moorer","filename":["158-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David Operator"],"prevCode":"158-049","nextCode":"158-051","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":1.55,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This administrative interaction served to initiate a formal line of communication between the President and his senior military advisor during a period of high-level strategic decision-making. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange, as its sole purpose was to place the requested call.","topics":["Thomas H. Moorer","Military leadership","Communication logistics","Camp David"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:15:09.323Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-h-moorer","military-leadership","communication-logistics","camp-david"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"158-050.mp3","bytes":314045,"durationSec":12.93,"bitrate":194254,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/158-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/158-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/158/conversation-158-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}